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Webster 1913 Edition

Stupid

Stu′pid

Adj.

[L.

stupidus

, fr.

stupere

to be stupefied: cf. F.

stupide

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; – said of persons.

O that men . . . should be so

stupid

grown . . .
As to forsake the living God!

Milton.

With wild surprise,
A moment

stupid

, motionless he stood.

Thomson.

Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; – said of things.

Observe what loads of

stupid

rhymes
Oppress us in corrupted times.

Swift.

Syn. – Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated.

–

Stu′pid-ly

(#)

adv.

–

Stu′pid-ness

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stupid

STUPID

Adj.

[L., to be stupefied, properly to stop. See Stop.]

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish.

O that men should be so stupid grown, as to forsake the living God.

With wild surprise, a moment stupid, motionless he stood.

Dull; heavy; formed without skill or genius.

Observe what loads of stupid rhymes oppress us in corrupted times.

Definition 2024

stupid

English

Adjective

stupid ‎(comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)

Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
To the point of stupor.
Neurobiology bores me stupid.
(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
- 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
  No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
- 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
  Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
(slang) Amazing.
That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
(slang) damn, annoying, darn
I fell over the stupid wire.

Derived terms

Terms derived from stupid (adj.)

Related terms

Translations

lacking in intelligence

Afrikaans: dom
Albanian: budalla (sq)
Arabic: غَبِيّ ‎(ḡabiyy)
Armenian: հիմար (hy) ‎(himar), դանդալոշ (hy) ‎(dandaloš)
Asturian: babayu
Azeri: axmaq (az)
Belarusian: дурны́ ‎(durný), глу́пы ‎(hlúpy)
Bengali: মূর্খ ‎(murkhô)
Buginese: ᨅᨛᨂᨚ
Bulgarian: глу́пав (bg) m ‎(glúpav), тъп (bg) ‎(tǎp)
Burmese: န (my) ‎(na.), မိုက် (my) ‎(muik), တုံးတာ (my) ‎(tum:ta), တုံး (my) ‎(tum:)
Catalan: toix (ca) m, estúpid (ca) m, bèstia (ca) m, f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 蠢 ‎(ceon²)

Mandarin: 笨 (zh) ‎(bèn), 蠢 (zh) ‎(chǔn), 呆 (zh) ‎(dāi), 愚 (zh) ‎(yú), 愚笨的 (zh) ‎(yúbèn de)
Cornish: gocki
Czech: hloupý (cs) m
Danish: dum (da)
Dutch: dom (nl), domme (nl), onverstandig (nl), onverstandige (nl), stom (nl), stomme (nl)
Esperanto: stulta
Estonian: rumal, loll (et), nõme
Faroese: býttur
Finnish: tyhmä (fi), typerä (fi)
French: stupide (fr) m, f, bête (fr) f
Georgian: სულელი ‎(suleli), შტერი ‎(šṭeri), დებილი (ka) ‎(debili), გამოყლევებული ‎(gamoq̇levebuli)
German: dumm (de), doof (de), blöd (de)
Greek: βλάκας (el) ‎(vlákas), ηλίθιος (el) ‎(ilíthios), ανόητος (el) ‎(anóitos)
Hebrew: טִיפֵּש (he) m ‎(tipésh), מטופש m ‎(metupásh)
Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) ‎(mūrkh), नासमझ (hi) ‎(nāsamajh)
Hungarian: buta (hu)
Icelandic: heimskur (is)
Ido: stupida (io)
Indonesian: bebal (id), bodoh (id), tolol (id), goblok (id), geblek (id), dungu (id), sontoloyo (id)
Irish: dúr, ainbhiosach
Italian: stupido (it), scemo (it)
Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) ‎(baka), 馬鹿げた ‎(bakageta), 間抜け (ja) ‎(manuke), 愚か (ja) ‎(oroka)
Javanese: bodho (jv), goblog (jv), sontoloyo
Norman: niais
Kazakh: мисыз ‎(mïsız), дүлей ‎(düley), ақылсыз ‎(aqılsız)
Khmer: ឆោតល្ងង់ ‎(cʰaot lŋɔǝŋ)
Korean: 어리석은 ‎(oerisoegeun), 어리석다 (ko) ‎(eoriseokda) (predicative)
Kurdish:
Sorani: گه‌وج, بێ عه‌قڵ
Kyrgyz: келесоо (ky) ‎(kelesoo), акмак (ky) ‎(akmak)
Lao: ຈ້າ ‎(chā), ຊ້າ ‎(sā), ຕຶບ ‎(tưp), ປຶ ‎(pư)
Latin: stultus, stupidus
Latvian: stulbs, muļķīgs, dumjš

Lithuanian: kvailas
Macedonian: глупав ‎(glupav)
Malay: bodoh, ahmak (ms), baghal, bahlul, bangang, bebal, benak, bengap, bingung, bongak, bongok, congong, dogol, dongok, dungu, goblok, hamik, jahil, palui, pandik, pongah, pusung, sementung, songor, tolol, tongong
Maori: moho, heahea, pongipongi, pohe, popohe
Mongolian: мохоо (mn) ‎(mohoo)
Norwegian: dum (no)
Novial: stupidi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: глоупъ ‎(glupŭ)
Old English: dwæ, dwæs, dwæslic, gedwæs, dysig, dyslic, medwis, samwis, sott, stunt, stuntlic, ungewitlic, unwittig, ungeræd
Old Polish: głupy
Persian: احمق (fa) ‎(ahmaq), کودن (fa) ‎(kowdan)
Polish: głupi (pl)
Portuguese: estúpido (pt)
Romanian: prost (ro), stupid (ro)
Russian: глу́пый (ru) ‎(glúpyj), дурно́й (ru) ‎(durnój), неу́мный (ru) ‎(neúmnyj), тупоу́мный (ru) ‎(tupoúmnyj)
Saanich: SC̸OTI
Sanskrit: अज्ञान (sa) ‎(ajñāna), मूर्ख (sa) ‎(mūrkha), मूढ (sa) ‎(mūḍha), निर्बुद्धि (sa) ‎(nirbud'dhi)
Scottish Gaelic: gòrach, baoghalta, doilleir, amaideach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: глу̑п m, тупоуман m, тупоглав m, блесав m

Roman: glȗp (sh) m, tupouman m, tupoglav (sh) m, blesav (sh)
Sinhalese: මොට්ට ‎(moṭṭa)
Slovak: hlúpy (sk)
Slovene: neumen (sl), butast, trapast, glúp
Slovincian: glʉ̇pï
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: głupy

Upper Sorbian: hłupy
Spanish: estúpido (es) m, menso (es) m gilí, pendejo (es) m
Sundanese: béno
Swedish: dum (sv), omtöcknad (sv)
Tagalog: bobo (tl), tanga (tl)
Tajik: аҳмақ (tg) ‎(ahmaq), нодон ‎(nodon), аблаҳона ‎(ablahona), беақл (tg) ‎(beaql)
Tamil: முட்டாள் (ta) ‎(muṭṭāḷ)
Tatar: ахмак (tt) ‎(axmaq)
Telugu: తెలివితక్కువ ‎(telivitakkuva), బుద్ధిలేని (te) ‎(buddhilēni), తెలివి లేని ‎(telivi lēni)
Thai: โง่ (th) ‎(ngôh)
Turkish: aptal (tr), salak (tr), bön (tr), ahmak (tr), ahmaklar (tr) pl
Turkmen: akylsyz (tk), gagal, samsyk
Ukrainian: дурни́й ‎(durnýj), тупий ‎(tupyj) (slang)
Urdu: بے وقوف ‎(be-vaqūf), ناسمجھ ‎(nāsamajh), مورکھ ‎(mūrkh)
Uzbek: ahmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: ngu (vi), ngu ngốc (vi)
Walloon: biesse (wa) m, f, loigne (wa) m, f
Welsh: twp (cy), bal

To the point of stupor

Dutch: idioot (nl), idiote (nl)
Italian: stupefatto m
Portuguese: estupidificado

Serbo-Croatian: zatupljujući
Spanish: estupefacto (es) m

slang: amazing

Japanese: イカす ‎(ikasu), カッコイイ ‎(kakkoī), サイコー ‎(saikō), シブい ‎(shibui)

Portuguese: estupendo (pt)

References

J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.

Adverb

stupid ‎(comparative more stupid, superlative most stupid)

(slang, dated) Extremely.
My gear is stupid fly.

Translations

slang, dated: Extremely

Japanese: ダサい ‎(dasai), イカす ‎(ikasu), カッコイイ ‎(kakkoī), サイコー ‎(saikō), シブい ‎(shibui)

Latin: stupide
Portuguese: (literally, slang) estupidamente (pt)

Noun

stupid ‎(plural stupids)

A stupid person; a fool.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia:
  ‘You stupid!’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
- 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
  "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
- 1996, Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
  At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.

Translations

A stupid person; a person with lack of intellegence

German: Dummkopf (de) m

Swedish: dumhuvud (sv) n

Danish

Etymology

From Latin stupidus ‎(“senseless”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stupiːd/, [sd̥uˈpʰiðˀ]

Adjective

stupid

oafish
stupid (lacking in intelligence)

Inflection

Inflection of stupid
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	stupid	—	—²
Neuter singular	stupidt	—	—²
Plural	stupide	—	—²
Definite attributive¹	stupide	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

stupiditet

Romanian

Etymology

French stupide, Latin stupidus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [stuˈpid]

Adjective

stupid m, n ‎(feminine singular stupidă, masculine plural stupizi, feminine and neuter plural stupide)

stupid

Synonyms

prost, tâmpit, idiot

Declension

declension of stupid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	stupid		stupidă	stupizi	stupide
nominative/ accusative	definite	stupidul		stupida	stupizii	stupidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	stupid		stupide	stupizi	stupide
genitive/ dative	definite	stupidului		stupidei	stupizilor	stupidelor

Adverb

stupid

stupidly

Related terms

stupiditate

Etymology

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 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.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstjuːpɪd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈst(j)upɪd/
(Northern UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃtjuːpɪd/, /stʃjuːpɪd/

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Webster 1913 Edition

Stupid

Stu′pid

Webster 1828 Edition

Stupid

STUPID

Definition 2024

stupid

stupid

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