onwijs

Adj

1. unwise
2. incredible, astonishing

Adv

very, really (used as an intensifier)

Opposite of

wijs

Etymology

From Middle Dutch onwijs (“unwise”). Equivalent to on- + wijs. The sense of "incredible" became popular in youth-speak around 1980.

Concepts

fatuous

senseless

unwise

unwisely

Synonyms

dom

dwaas

inhoudsloos

oerdom

ezelachtig

Translations

stupide

albern

fatuo

fatuo

γαϊδουρινός

imbécile

töricht

asinien

κουτός

asinine

asinino

niais

stolido

asinina

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