mutton-headed, crack-brained, slack-jawed

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Bushwhacker

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All this combined words are kind of adjectives that are with the plural noun acts.

Please could you give me some idea about what are they meaning?

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1) mutton-headed__________ no clue
2) crack-brained____________maddening?
3) slack-jawed______________dumbing?
4) crosseyed______________unusual, odd?
5) granite-skulled___________petrifying?

......acts of depraved lunacy....

The character is trying to describe a wild night full of battles against dog-monsters trained by hillmen later repeated in a barn full of cows and sheeps.

Please, any idea very appreciated.
 
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All but number four indicate lack of intelligence. I am not aware of any idiomatic meaning of cross-eyed.

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They all mean stupid #

Mutton-headed - as many brains as a dead sheep
crack-brained - the brain is obviously damaged so it is not working
cross-eyed - derives from a belief that someone with crossed eyes must be an idiot
slack-jawed - in some conditions of brain damage, muscle tone goes so the jaw hangs down
granite-skulled - the skull is so thick that no reasonable thought can enter or leave it
 

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Better insults than one hears at present from the politicians. Can you see the fuss if someone used them!
 
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