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stupid
[ stoo-pid, styoo‑ ]
adjective
- lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; slow-witted.
Sorry for asking a stupid question, but why is the answer four instead of five?
He wished he'd never come to such a stupid party.
- annoying or irritating; troublesome:
Turn off that stupid radio.
- in a state of stupor; stupefied:
After a twelve-hour work day, she was stupid from fatigue.
noun
- Informal. a stupid person.
stupid
/ ˈstjuːpɪd /
adjective
- lacking in common sense, perception, or normal intelligence
- usually postpositive stunned, dazed, or stupefied
stupid from lack of sleep
- having dull mental responses; slow-witted
- trivial, silly, or frivolous
noun
- informal.a stupid person
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈstupidness, noun
- ˈstupidly, adverb
Other Words From
- stu·pid·ly adverb
- stu·pid·ness noun
- un·stu·pid adjective
- un·stu·pid·ly adverb
- un·stu·pid·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stupid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stupid1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Later, his turn as a lothario in the box office hit Crazy Stupid Love made him even more swoon-worthy.
Contrary to What Stupid Republicans Think… A completely different U.S. foreign policy may not be the answer.
As expected, initial reports were met with cries of “Stupid!”
On Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said Republicans are acting like the Stupid Party?
They did not pander to social-conservative populists, and no one would accuse them of representing the Party of Stupid.
Stupid things puns—made one myself then, though—just like me.
Stupid you were when you stole things out of my book—could you not guess that I might have read my own books?
Stupid you were when you thought yourself cleverer than me, and when you thought that I could be lured into becoming a thief.
Stupid you were when you thought balance could be restored by giving the world two thieves instead of one.
Stupid Polish Majesty has his natural envies, jealousies, of a Brandenburg waxing over his head at this rate.
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