sumphish
A Scottish and Northern English dialect adjective meaning stupid, blockheaded, or dull-witted.
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A Scottish and Northern English dialect adjective meaning stupid, blockheaded, or dull-witted. The word has a blunt, no-nonsense register typical of Northern dialect vocabulary for intellectual failings. It is archaic and regional but expressive.
He stood there with a sumphish look on his face as if the question had been asked in another language.
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(Scotland, northern England) stupid; blockheaded.
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