stupid
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stupid
- /ˈstjuːpɪd/ UK
- /ˈst͡ʃʉwpɪd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈʃtjʉw-/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈstjuːpɪt/ Northumbria, UK, sometimes
- /ˈstjʉpɪd/ Scotland, UK
- /ˈst͡ʃʉ-/ Scotland, UK
- /ˈstɪʊpɪd/ UK, Wales
- /ˈstupɪd/ US
- /ˈʃtu-/ US
- /ˈst͡ʃʉːpɪd/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈʃt͡ʃʉː-/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈsʈ(j)ʊp.ɪɖ/ South Asia
- /ˈsʈ(j)uː.pɪɖ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -uːpɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.
adjective stupider · more stupid · stupidest · most stupid
- Lacking in intelligence. It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence. So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!
- Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words. The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it.
- Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such. I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world!
- To the point of stupor. Neurobiology bores me stupid.
- Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed. No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
- Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate. Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
- Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid. She had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing—looked without seeing—admired without intelligence—listened without knowing what she said.
- Amazing. That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
- Large, exorbitant. […]we chat in the sitting room of the house in Sligo that she shares with her husband, son and daughter, but this is the home that she once thought would be repossessed. The couple bought it “for stupid money” in 2007, […].
Similar: daft, inept, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, braindead, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, dense, dented, dim-bulb, dim-headed · Opposite: intelligent, nonstupid
adverb more stupid · most stupid
- Extremely. My gear is stupid fly.
noun stupids
- A stupid person; a fool. "You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another."
- The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness. His stupid knows no bounds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: half-witted, imbecilic, foolish, loggerheaded, wooden-headed, thick-skulled, slow-witted, dullard, thickheaded, nitwitted, feebleminded, moronic, fatheaded, boneheaded, doltish, fool
adjective
Similar: daft, inept, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, braindead, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, dense, dented, dim-bulb, dim-headed · Opposite: intelligent, nonstupid
Translations
Every language
adj To the point of stupor
| Español | estupefacto, zonzo, sonso |
|---|---|
| Português | estupidificado |
| Italiano | stupefatto |
adj lacking in intelligence
| Español | estúpido, menso, gilí, pendejo, tonto, pavitonto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어리석다 eoriseokda |
| 日本語 | 馬鹿 baka, 馬鹿げた bakageta, 間抜け manuke, 愚か oroka, 阿呆 aho |
| 中文 | 笨 bèn, 蠢 chǔn, 呆 dāi, 愚 yú, 愚笨的 yúbèn de |
| हिन्दी | मूर्ख mūrkh, नासमझ nāsmajh |
| Português | estúpido |
| Français | stupide, bête |
| Deutsch | dumm, doof, blöd |
| Italiano | stupido, scemo |
| Ελληνικά | βλάκας vlákas, ηλίθιος ilíthios, ανόητος anóitos |
| Română | prost, stupid |
| Русский | глу́пый glúpyj, дурно́й durnój, тупо́й tupój, неу́мный neúmnyj, тупоу́мный tupoúmnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ngu, ngu ngốc |
| العربية | غَبِيّ ḡabiyy |
| עברית | טיפש \ טִפֵּשׁ tipésh, מטופש metupásh |
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