Stupid Definition
sto͝opĭd, styo͝o-
stupidest, stupider
adjective
stupidest, stupider
Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
American Heritage
Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
American Heritage
Lacking normal intelligence or understanding; slow-witted; dull.
Webster's New World
In a state of stupor; dazed; stunned; stupefied.
Webster's New World
Showing or resulting from a lack of normal intelligence; foolish; irrational.
A stupid idea.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A stupid person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- dolt
- pillock
- poor fish
- pudding head
- pudden-head
- dullard
- stupe
- stupid person
- stupidness
- stupidity
- moronity
- insipience
- inanity
- hebetude
- hebetation
adverb
(slang, dated) Extremely.
My gear is stupid fly.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Stupid
Noun
Singular:
stupid
Plural:
stupidsAdjective
Base Form:
stupid
Comparative:
stupider
Superlative:
stupidestOrigin of Stupid
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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- (“to wonder"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tu- (“to stand, stay"). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked"). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop"). See stop.
From Wiktionary
Latin stupidus from stupēre to be stunned
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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