BOOBISH Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

boobish

adjective

as in dense

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Adjective

Elevated on an all-wood frame and ringed by tall evergreens, the home feels like a slice of Lake Tahoe in the middle of a dense suburb.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
They are being sculpted by intense radiation from nearby young stars, while new stars are forming inside the dense clouds.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of dense

Adjective

The friends aren’t dumb; they’ve just been baked for so long that acting dumb is a habit.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Perhaps in writing it, Salinger was trying to negotiate whether his remarkable survival through some of the war’s worst gauntlets could be chalked up to dumb luck, or divine intervention.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumb

Adjective

Howard Bryant's comparison this week between Cunningham's comments and Colin Kaepernick's protests was both ignorant and desperate.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Only those stubbornly ignorant to the human cost of actual combat would be psyched to bring on more of it.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignorant

Adjective

At the outset of this chatty novel, the protagonist, Caroline, who was recently ghosted by a thoughtless man, has had a story published in this magazine.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
That self-deprecating description opens Tony, writer-director Matt Johnson’s movie about the one crazy summer that changed a thoughtless young lout’s life; for good measure, the quote does double duty as the tagline on the film’s poster.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtless

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Those include Japan’s massive debt that exceeds 200% of GDP, fiscal stimulus that’s expected to worsen the deficit, and a central bank that’s been slow to raise rates in the face of high inflation.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
With two outs, Junior Caminero hit a slow roller on a 1-2 slider that third baseman Encarnacion-Strand could not field cleanly for a run-scoring infield single.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of slow

Adjective

To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of idiotic

Adjective

Elsewhere, attendees will no doubt flock to the Sicilian Oranges dome clock, joyfully rendered in a rich palette of transparent, opalescent and opaque enamels in 49 colours, coupled with miniature enamel painting in more than five pastel hues.

— Ming Liu, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
The dress in question was an inky black number that featured a delicate lace bodice, a super plunging neckline with a layer of sheer fabric, a figure-hugging silhouette, and an opaque floor-grazing skirt.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of opaque

Adjective

Larry had a dopey perma-smile, and seemed delighted by everything, especially Sergey.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
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

Definition of dopey

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