stupid

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Pronunciation
/ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/
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/ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/ · /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)yː.pɪd/ · /ˈstjuː.pɪd/ · /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/ · /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/ · /ˈst(j)upɪt/ · /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/ · /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)ʉː.pɪd/ · /ˈsʈ(j)ʊp.ɪɖ/ · /ˈsʈ(j)u.pɪɖ/

Definition of stupid

12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Without intelligence.
    “It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!”
    “And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned”
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adj

  1. Without intelligence.
    “It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!”
    “And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned”
  2. Without intelligence.
    “So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!”
    “He made the stupid decision of standing in a half-hour queue for a hamburger, instead of calling ahead.”
    “I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.”
    “You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling You can say it's just the way you are Make a new excuse, another stupid reason”
  3. Without intelligence.
    “The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it.”
    “Stupid sexy Flanders!”
    “Marcie Linguini, who had come down with a stupid ear infection the day of Thanksgiving vacation, curled deeper into her bed.”
  4. (euphemistic)Without intelligence.
    “I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world!”
    “Mom: Oh you stupid car! What's wrong with you now?!? Calvin: That's it, Mom! Go ahead and swear! We don't mind!”
    “Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid lima beans.”
    “Dewey: "It's too narrow for all three of us. Oh, bummer!" Huey: "Or we could just go single file." Dewey: "Stupid smart Huey..."”
  5. To the point of stupor.
    “Neurobiology bores me stupid.”
    “I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.”
  6. (archaic)To the point of stupor.
    “No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.”
  7. (archaic)To the point of stupor.
    “Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.”
  8. To the point of stupor.
    “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.”
  9. (slang)Amazing.
    “That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!”

adv

  1. (slang)Extremely.
    “My gear is stupid fly.”
    “Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.”
    “I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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."”
    “"What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.”
    “Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.”
    “At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.”
  2. (colloquial, uncountable)The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
    “His stupid knows no bounds.”
    “As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.”

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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…

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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.

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