minus

minys

Definition

Definition of minus - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

intelligencepersonne avec peu de capacités pour comprendre et réfléchir

Il l'a traité de minus parce qu'il n'arrivait pas à résoudre le problème.

incapable

niais

simplet

faiblessepersonne faible physiquement ou qui manque de courage

Ce minus n'ose même pas répondre quand on l'attaque.

chétif

faible

peureux

Adjective

espritqui montre peu d'intelligence ou de jugement

Il se montre minus quand il parle sans réfléchir.

obtus

stupide

couragequi paraît faible, peureux, incapable d'affronter les difficultés

Face au danger, elle reste minus et fuit.

lâche

peureux

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minus habens

personne considérée comme ayant des facultés intellectuelles limitées ou déficientes

Le médecin a diagnostiqué ce patient comme un minus habens.

Origin of minus

latin, minus (moins)

Examples of minus in a sentence

On ne confie pas ce projet à un minus.
On le traite de minus à l’école à cause de sa timidité.
Ce minus n’a pas réussi à soulever la caisse.
Ne fais pas le minus, réfléchis avant de répondre.
Elle le prend pour un minus incapable de décisions sensées.
Arrête de faire ton minus et va t’excuser.

Je me sentais vraiment minus devant cette situation compliquée.

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English:dimwit, dumb, ...
German:Dummkopf, dumm, ...
Italian:tonto, limitato, ...
Spanish:zoquete, bobo, ...
Portuguese:tanso, limitado, ...
Chinese:笨蛋, 头脑简单的, ...
Japanese:能無し, 間抜けな, ...
Arabic:غَبِيّ, أَحْمَق, ...
Hebrew:מִינוּס, מְטוּמְטָם, ...
Russian:тупица, недалекий, ...
Ukrainian:дурник, дурнуватий, ...
Catalan:curt de gambals, poc intel.ligent, ...
Danish:sinke, dum, ...
Dutch:domoor, dom, ...
Greek:άτομο με χαμηλή ευφυΐα, ανόητος, ...
Hungarian:buta ember, buta, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សល្ងង់, ល្ងង់, ...
Korean:바보, 우둔한, ...
Polish:osoba z ograniczoną inteligencją, mało bystry, ...
Portuguese (BR):tapado, limitado, ...
Romanian:minuț, prost, ...
Swedish:idiot, dum, ...
Thai:คนโง่, ไม่ฉลาด, ...
Turkish:salak, akıl yoksunu, ...
Vietnamese:đồ ngốc, ngu ngốc, ...

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