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stupid.

Without intelligence.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈstjuːpɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈst͡ʃʉwpɪd/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʃtjʉw-/British, Southern, Standard/ˈstjuːpɪt/Northumbria, sometimes

  1. Without intelligence. Lacking in intelligence.

    It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!

  2. Without intelligence. Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

    So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!
    He made the stupid decision of standing in a half-hour queue for a hamburger, instead of calling ahead.

  3. Without intelligence. Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.

    The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it.
    Stupid sexy Flanders!

  4. Without intelligence. Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.

    euphemistic
    I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world!

  5. To the point of stupor.

    Neurobiology bores me stupid.
    I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.

  6. To the point of stupor. Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.

    archaic

  7. To the point of stupor. Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.

    archaic

  8. To the point of stupor. Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.

  9. Amazing.

    slang
    That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid 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 push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.

adv/ˈstjuːpɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈst͡ʃʉwpɪd/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʃtjʉw-/British, Southern, Standard/ˈstjuːpɪt/Northumbria, sometimes

  1. Extremely.

    slang
    My gear is stupid fly.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid 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 push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.

noun/ˈstjuːpɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈst͡ʃʉwpɪd/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʃtjʉw-/British, Southern, Standard/ˈstjuːpɪt/Northumbria, sometimes

  1. A stupid person; a fool.

    countable · uncountable

  2. The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

    colloquial · uncountable
    His stupid knows no bounds.
    As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid 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 push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop.

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