Stupid
['stjuːpɪd] or ['stupɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is not very bright; 'The economy, stupid!'.
(adj.) lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity .
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
(a.) Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.
Typed by Kevin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Senseless, witless, dull, obtuse, foolish, DAFT, sluggish, insensible, brutish, insensate, muddy, muddy-brained, muddy-headed, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.[2]. Unentertaining, prosaic, pointless, prosy, flat, heavy, insipid, tame, vapid, bald, uninteresting, humdrum.[3]. Stupefied, drowsy, torpid, heavy, comatose, lethargic, morbidly sleepy.
Edited by Estelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dull, senseless, stolid, doltish, besotted, insensate, obtuse, prosy,addlepated, dull_witted
ANT:Quick, sharp, bright, sensible, sagacious, penetrating, clever
Typed by Anton
Definition
adj. struck senseless: insensible: deficient or dull in understanding: formed or done without reason or judgment: foolish: unskilful.—ns. Stupe (coll.) a stupid person; Stūpid′ity Stū′pidness.—adv. Stū′pidly.
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Examples
- George Lamb and Elliston together, after they had listened to a page or two, with one voice exclaimed, Very stupid. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It's because he has some understanding of a woman, because he is not stupid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Do you want to be grabbed, stupid? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And where did you ever see a stupid, prosing poet, who did feel his own inferiority? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The members of the Melton club led what I considered a very stupid sort of life. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But then this stupid Mildmay, whose character was so well known to her! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Too stupid to learn, but I love music dearly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Not Captain George, you stupid man; Captain Osborne, Rebecca said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I looked a stupid block, I dare say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The tea had a surprising effect in making him stupid; because it made him sober. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You have liked many a stupider person. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It need not be supposed that we were a stupider or an easier prey than our countrymen generally are, for we were not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The stupidest fellow! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The boatmen are the awkwardest, the stupidest, and the most unscientific on earth, without question. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Nola