BOOBISH Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

boobish

adjective

as in dense

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Adjective

If caught in dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
The 23 crew members fought through dense fog and dealt with equipment issues after leaving port on June 5.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

Definition of dense

Adjective

Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2026

Definition of ignorant

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This tragedy serves as a powerful reminder that no family should have to bury a child because of someone’s thoughtless and irresponsible choices.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
This rhetoric is not just the thoughtless ramblings of mindless partisans.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of thoughtless

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Still, as the game wore on to the waning moments, both teams were visibly sapped of energy and moving at a slower pace, including Haaland, who faded late in the game, was subbed out at the 105-minute mark and replaced by Jorgen Strand Larsen.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026
The question is whether the stock price leaves enough room if that recovery is slower, messier, or pricier than hoped.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of slow

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That’s been an idiotic trope for too long — that participating in the business side of it taints you.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Red-Bodied Dog Tick Has your idiotic dog wandered onto a bucolic patch of grass that hasn’t been freshly treated with toxins?

— Jay Ruttenberg, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Definition of idiotic

Adjective

These ships often operate in legal gray zones, using opaque ownership structures, frequent flag changes and alternative insurance arrangements to avoid sanctions enforcement.

— John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
This is hard because the process occurs in less than a second, and dense metals are opaque.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026

Definition of opaque

Adjective

The concept was already mildly stale in 1983; in 2026, jokes about Nate learning to use a toaster or a GPS come off as well past their expiration date, no matter how earnestly dopey a performance Bargatze gives.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Originally, the dopey jock role had been filled by actor Steven Ford.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

Definition of dopey

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