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May 21, 2012 · 1. a. : slow of mind : obtuse. b. : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner. c. : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish. 2. : dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid. still stupid from the sedative. 3. : marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless. a stupid decision. 4. a
B1. silly or unwise; showing poor judgment or little intelligence: She was really stupid to quit her job like that. Whose stupid idea was it to travel at night? He now thinks that retiring early was a stupid thing to do. How could you be so stupid? Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Stupid, ignorant, and unintelligent are all used to refer to people or things that seem to show a lack of mental resources. Stupid is the most general and most insulting term, and can describe someone lacking in intelligence, wisdom, prudence, or mental quickness.
Definition of stupid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky. having or revealing stupidity. blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed. (used informally) stupid. cloddish, doltish. heavy and dull and stupid.
2 days ago · 1. adjective. If you say that someone or something is stupid, you mean that they show a lack of good judgment or intelligence and they are not at all sensible . I'll never do anything so stupid again. I made a stupid mistake. Your father wouldn't have asked such a stupid question. If you give him half a chance he can make you look stupid.
/ˈstʃuːpɪd/ SCHOO-pid. U.S. English. /ˈst (j)upəd/ STYOO-puhd. See pronunciation. Where does the word stupid come from? Earliest known use. mid 1500s. The earliest known use of the word stupid is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for stupid is from around 1541, in the writing of Robert Copland, translator and printer.
