brained
Hit the head
Brained is the past tense of brain, meaning to strike someone hard on the head: He brained him with a baseball bat.
The verb implies a blow severe enough to cause serious injury or death—hitting someone so hard you damage their brain.
The word appears most often in violent narratives or threats: I'll brain you if you touch that.
Brain-shaken by impact
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- addledConfused, unable to focus
punch-drunk · rattled · contusion · hematoma · clubbed · bludgeoned · struck · clobbered
Organ's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
hemispheres · synapses · dendrites · axon · glia · encephalon · brainwaves · neurotransmitters
Showing mental quickness
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
gifted · astute · keen · shrewd · savvy · bright · smart · ingenious
Lacking sense or intelligence
- dim-wittedLacking intelligence or quickness
- simple-mindedLacking mental acuity
- half-wittedLacking intelligence or sense
concussed
Brain-shaken by impact
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
addled · punch-drunk · rattled · contusion · hematoma · clubbed · bludgeoned · struck · clobbered · smashed
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
- hippocampusMemory formation region
amygdala · hemispheres · synapses · dendrites · axon · glia · encephalon · brainwaves · neurotransmitters · neuroplasticity
clever
Showing mental quickness
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
genius · gifted · astute · keen · shrewd · savvy · bright · smart · ingenious · knowledgeable
empty-headed
Lacking sense or intelligence
- dim-wittedLacking intelligence or quickness
- simple-mindedLacking mental acuity
- half-wittedLacking intelligence or sense
brainedbrainless
Devoid of intelligence
stupid · idiotic · moronic · dim-witted · empty-headed
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- brain surgeryOperating on cranial tissue
- brain freezePain from cold foods
- brain cellsNeural tissue components
- brain deadIrreversibly unconscious
- brain surgeonPhysician operating on craniums
brain, brainy, brains, brainless, brainpower, brainchild, braininess, brainier, brainlessness