stu´pid|ness

stu´pid|ness
stu|pid «STOO pihd, STYOO-», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. not intelligent; dull: »

a stupid person, a stupid remark.

2. not interesting; tiresome; boring: »

a stupid book, to have a stupid time.

 SYNONYM(S): vapid.
3. dazed; stunned: »

to be stupid with grief.

SYNONYM(S): senseless.
–n.
Informal. a stupid person or persons: »

The wrath of the stupid has laid waste the world quite as often as has the craft of the bright (Time).

╂[< Latin stupidus < stupēre be dazed, amazed]
–stu´pid|ly, adverb.
–stu´pid|ness, noun.
Synonym Study adjective. 1 Stupid, dull mean having or showing little intelligence. Stupid, describing people or what they say or do, suggests a natural lack of good sense or ordinary intelligence: »

Running away from an accident is stupid.

Dull suggests a slowness of understanding and a lack of alertness either by nature or because of overwork, poor health, or other such oppressive condition: »

The mind becomes dull if the body gets no exercise.


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  • Stupid — Stu pid, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.] 1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; said of persons. [1913 Webster] O that men . . . should be so stupid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stupidly — Stupid Stu pid, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.] 1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; said of persons. [1913 Webster] O that men . . . should be so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stupidness — Stupid Stu pid, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.] 1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; said of persons. [1913 Webster] O that men . . . should be so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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