Lexic.us

Definition of Stupid

1. Noun. A person who is not very bright. "The economy, stupid!"

2. Adjective. Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity.

3. Adjective. In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock. "Was stupid from fatigue"

4. Adjective. Lacking intelligence. "A dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"

Definition of Stupid

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

Definition of Stupid

1. Adjective. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence. ¹

2. Adjective. To the point of stupor. ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate. ¹

5. Adjective. (slang) Amazing. ¹

6. Adjective. (context: profane) damn, annoying, darn ¹

7. Adverb. (slang dated) Extremely. ¹

8. Noun. A stupid person; a fool. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stupid

1. mentally slow [adj -PIDER, -PIDEST] : STUPIDLY [adv] / a stupid person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stupid

stupefiedness stupefier stupefiers stupefies stupefy stupefying stupefyingly stupend stupendious stupendous

stupendously stupendousness stupent stupeous stupes stupid (current term) stupid(p) stupid-head stupid-heads stupid is as stupid does

stupid person stupider stupidest

Literary usage of Stupid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"As stupid as stupid can be ! NED [to FRED and TED, looking decidedly ... College graduates stupid ? Heyday ! [Music and hurrahs heard outside. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"stupid as a log. — ISAAC JACKMAN. stupid as hounds chasing an iron deer. ... stupid as a hog. — TOLSTOY. Sturdy. Sturdy as a wild ass's colt. — Cow- PER. ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... a horse-chestnut tree, almost bare of leaves, has lately shown its confusion of Autumn with Spring by breaking out into bloom. A tree so stupid, ..."

4. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
""Oh, my dear, do forgive me if I've been stupid! He admires you so tremendously; and I thought " "You'll do as I ask, please—won't you? ..."

5. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"So too the pompous speak with an echo, and as their talk can only totter on with the aid of stilts, at every word they need the support of a stupid " bravo ..."

6. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"These stupid words forced me to laugh, and without saying farewell, I lowered my shoulders and retired. LXXXII The miserable bargain I had made with Bindo ..."

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