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stupid

[ stoo-pid, styoo‐ ]

/ ˈstu pɪd, ˈstyu‐ /

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adjective, stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est.

lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.

characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.

tediously dull, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.

annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.

in a state of stupor; stupefied: stupid from fatigue.

Slang. excellent; terrific.

noun

Informal. a stupid person.

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simple, irrelevant, naive, ludicrous, senseless, dumb, futile, ill-advised, laughable, foolish, trivial, dull, shortsighted, dummy, thick, rash, loser, unintelligent, brainless, dazed

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Origin of stupid

1535–45; < Latin stupidus, equivalent to stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -idus -id⁴

Related forms

stu·pid·ly, adverbstu·pid·ness, nounun·stu·pid, adjectiveun·stu·pid·ly, adverb

un·stu·pid·ness, noun

Can be confusedignorant stupid

Synonym study

1. See dull.

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Examples from the Web for stupid

Contrary to What Stupid Republicans Think… A completely different U.S. foreign policy may not be the answer.
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As expected, initial reports were met with cries of “Stupid!”
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On Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said Republicans are acting like the Stupid Party?
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They did not pander to social-conservative populists, and no one would accuse them of representing the Party of Stupid.
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But advocates of the Party of Stupid keep intruding on responsible civic conversation.
Lone Star College Shooting Proves Handguns on Campus Is a Bad Idea|John Avlon|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Stupid not to have thought of them at once, he berated himself.
The Caves of Fear|John Blaine
Stupid thing just stood and watched me while I let fly with a stone.
Star Born|Andre Norton
Stupid as the brute creation is, you can readily understand that, in time, it learnt some distrust.
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Stupid Lucius betrays their hiding place by putting his head out of an upper window to see what is going on.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
Stupid people and uneducated people do not 40 care for nice discriminations.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for stupid

stupid

/ (ˈstjuːpɪd) /

adjective

lacking in common sense, perception, or normal intelligence

(usually postpositive) stunned, dazed, or stupefiedstupid from lack of sleep

having dull mental responses; slow-witted

trivial, silly, or frivolous

noun

informal a stupid person

Derived Formsstupidly, adverbstupidness, noun

Word Origin for stupid

C16: from French stupide, from Latin stupidus silly, from stupēre to be amazed

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Word Origin and History for stupid

stupid

adj.

1540s, "mentally slow," from Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus "amazed, confounded," literally "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from root *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).

Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for "wise" (cf. Old English unwis, unsnotor, ungleaw), also dol (see dull), and dysig (see dizzy). Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of German töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper