English Explanatory Dictionary

stupid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without intelligence.
  2. Lacking in intelligence.
  3. Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
  4. Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
  5. Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
  6. To the point of stupor.
  7. Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
  8. Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
  9. Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
  10. Amazing.
adv
  1. Extremely.
noun
  1. A stupid person; a fool.
  2. The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

Pronunciation

/ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/ /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)yː.pɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Xavier hillier-stupid.wav /ˈstjuː.pɪd/ /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/ /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/ /ˈst(j)upɪt/ /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/ en-us-stupid.ogg En-NYC-stupid.ogg /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)ʉː.pɪd/ /ˈsʈ(j)ʊp.ɪɖ/ /ˈsʈ(j)u.pɪɖ/

Word forms

stupid stupider more stupid stupidest most stupid stupids

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stupeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid 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.

Synonyms

daft inept addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted 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 dim-witted dim doltish dopey dozy drowsy dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dull dumber than a box of rocks dumb dunderheaded empty-headed fatheaded feeble-minded flea-brained foolish fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded goofy half-brained half-witted hammer-headed idiotic ignorant imbecilic inane insipid intellectually challenged knuckleheaded

Antonyms

intelligent nonstupid

Related words

stoopid stupe stupefy stupendous stupidity stupor half a brain half a head misinformed Appendix:Snowclones/few X short of a Y fool idiot insane intelligence Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 450a. Absence of intellect Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 499. Imbecility

Derived words

ask a stupid question el stupido hit with the stupid stick McStupid nonstupid outstupid play stupid play stupid games, win stupid prizes semistupid squid stupid-ass stupidass stupid drunk stupid-head stupidicy stupidification stupidify stupid is as stupid does stupidish stupidism stupidity stupidly stupidness stupid o'clock stupidship stupidstitious stupid tax stupidy there are no stupid questions there's no such thing as a stupid question unstupid you can't fix stupid

Translations

Bulgarian: зашеметен Bulgarian: вцепенен Dutch: idioot Italian: stupefatto Portuguese: estupidificado Serbo-Croatian: zatupljujući Spanish: estupefacto Spanish: zonzo Spanish: sonso Ottoman Turkish: شاشقین
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