stupid

stupid

English

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)tew- (“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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstjuː.pɪd/
• (Northern UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃt͡ʃjʉː.pəd/
• Rhymes: -uːpɪd

Adjective

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

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

   Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!

   • 2014 May 1, John Barker, Futures: A Novel‎, PM Press, page 131:

     I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

2. To the point of stupor.

   Neurobiology bores me stupid.

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 7:

     She had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing—looked without seeing—admired without intelligence—listened without knowing what she said.

6. (slang) Amazing.

   That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!

7. (slang) Darn, annoying.

   I fell over the stupid wire.

   • 2018, "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" DuckTales:

     Duey: "It's too narrow for all three of us. Oh, bummer!"

     Huey "Or we could just go single file."

     Duey "Stupid smart Huey..."

Synonyms

• daft
• inept

Derived terms

• stupid-ass
• stupidity
• stupidly
• stupidness
• stupidship
• you can't fix stupid

 

Related terms

• stupe
• stupefy
• stupendous
• stupidity
• stupor

 

Translations

lacking in intelligence

Afrikaans: dom (af) Albanian: budalla (sq), makalush (sq) Arabic: غَبِيّ‎ (ḡabiyy) Egyptian Arabic: غشيم‎ (ḡašīm), احمق‎ (aḥmaʾ) Aragonese: zamueco Armenian: հիմար (hy) (himar), դանդալոշ (hy) (dandaloš) Asturian: babayu Assamese: মূৰ্খ (murkho), বুৰ্বক (burbok), অঁকৰা (õkora) Azerbaijani: axmaq (az), qanmaz, key (az), küt (az), kütbeyin, tupoy (Russianism) Belarusian: дурны́ (durný), глу́пы (hlúpy), тупы́ (tupý) Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkhô) Buginese: ᨅᨛᨂᨚ Bulgarian: глу́пав (bg) (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 or f, babau (ca), tanoca (ca) 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 (eo) Estonian: rumal, loll (et), nõme, tobe Faroese: býttur Finnish: tyhmä (fi), see also Thesaurus:tyhmä French: stupide (fr) m or f, bête (fr) f Galician: estúpido m Georgian: სულელი (suleli), შტერი (šṭeri), დებილი (debili), ჩლუნგი (člungi) German: dumm (de), doof (de), blöd (de) Greek: βλάκας (el) (vlákas), ηλίθιος (el) (ilíthios), ανόητος (el) (anóitos) Ancient: ἀνόητος (anóētos), ἀσύνετος (asúnetos), βλάξ (bláx), βεβρός (bebrós) Hebrew: טיפש \\ טִפֵּשׁ‎ (he) m (tipésh), מטופש‎ m (metupásh) Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) (mūrkh), नासमझ (hi) (nāsmajh) 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, mórcheannach Italian: stupido (it), scemo (it) Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) (ばか, baka), 馬鹿げた (ばかげた, bakageta), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 愚か (ja) (おろか, oroka), 阿呆 (ja) (あほ, aho) Javanese: bodho (jv), goblog (jv), sontoloyo Kabuverdianu: tolobásku, jatu Kazakh: мисыз (misyz), дүлей (dülei), ақылсыз (aqylsyz) Khmer: ខ្លៅ (km) (khlaw), កំលៅ (kɑmlɨw), ងងីងងើ (ngɔɔngiingngəə), ងីងើ (km) (ngii ngəə), ឆោត (km) (chaot), ទុប្បញ្ញា (tupbɑɑññiə), ពភ្លីពព្លើ (pɔɔpliippləə), ពភ្លើ (km) (pɔphləə), ល្ងីល្ងើ (km) (lngii lngəə) Korean: 어리석다 (ko) (eoriseokda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گەوج‎ (ku) (gewc), بێ عەقڵ‎ (bê 'eqill) Kyrgyz: келесоо (ky) (kelesoo), акмак (ky) (akmak) Lao: ຈ້າ (chā), ຊ້າ (sā), ຕຶບ (tưp), ປຶ (pư) Latin: stultus, blennus, stupidus, stolidus Latvian: stulbs, muļķīgs, dumjš Lithuanian: kvailas Macedonian: глупав (glupav) Malay: bodoh (ms), ahmak (ms), baghal, bahlul (ms), bangang (ms), bebal (ms), benak, bengap, bingung, bongak, bongok (ms), congong, dogol, dongok, dungu (ms), goblok (ms), hamik, jahil (ms), palui, pandik, pongah, pusung, sementung, songor, tolol, tongong Malayalam: മണ്ടൻ (ml) m (maṇṭaṉ), പൊട്ടൻ m (poṭṭaṉ) Maori: moho, heahea, pongipongi, pohe, popohe, pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha Mongolian: мохоо (mn) (moxoo) Norman: niais Norwegian: dum (no) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: глоупъ (glupŭ) Glagolitic: ⰳⰾⱆⱂⱏ (glupŭ) Old English: dysiġ Old Polish: głupy Pali: duppaññā Persian: احمق‎ (fa) (ahmaq), کودن‎ (fa) (kowdan) Plautdietsch: frekjt Polish: głupi (pl), durny (pl), tępy (pl), tępogłowy, zakuty (colloquial), durnowaty (pl) m Portuguese: estúpido (pt) Romanian: prost (ro), stupid (ro) Russian: глу́пый (ru) (glúpyj), дурно́й (ru) (durnój), тупо́й (ru) (tupój), неу́мный (ru) (neúmnyj), тупоу́мный (ru) (tupoúmnyj) Saanich: SC̸OTI Sanskrit: अज्ञान (sa) (ajñāna), मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha), मूर (sa) (mūra), जल (sa) (jala), मूढ (sa) (mūḍha), निर्बुद्धि (sa) (nirbuddhi) Scottish Gaelic: gòrach, baoghalta, doilleir, amaideach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: глу̑п m, тупоуман m, тупо̀глав m, бле̏сав m Roman: glȗp (sh) m, tupouman m, tupòglav (sh) m, blȅsav (sh) Sicilian: stùbbitu m, scimunitu (scn) m, babbu (scn) m, critinu m Sinhalese: මොට්ට (moṭṭa) Slovak: hlúpy (sk) Slovene: neumen (sl), butast, trapast, glúp Slovincian: glʉ̇pï Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: głupy Upper Sorbian: hłupy Spanish: estúpido (es), menso (es), gilí, pendejo (es), tonto (es) Sundanese: béno Swedish: dum (sv), omtöcknad (sv) Tagalog: bobo (tl), tanga Tajik: аҳмақ (tg) (ahmaq), нодон (tg) (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) (ngôo) Tocharian B: aknātsa Turkish: aptal (tr), salak (tr), bön (tr), ahmak (tr), ahmaklar (tr) pl Turkmen: akylsyz (tk), gagal, samsyk Ukrainian: дурни́й (durnýj), тупи́й (tupýj) Urdu: بے وقوف‎ (be-vaqūf), ناسمجھ‎ (nāsamajh), مورکھ‎ (mūrkh) Uzbek: ahmoq (uz) Vietnamese: ngu (vi), ngu ngốc (vi) Walloon: biesse (wa) m or f, loigne (wa) m or f Welsh: twp (cy), bal

To the point of stupor

Bulgarian: зашеметен (bg) (zašemeten), вцепенен (bg) (vcepenen) Dutch: idioot (nl), idiote (nl) Italian: stupefatto (it) m Portuguese: estupidificado Serbo-Croatian: zatupljujući Spanish: estupefacto (es), zonzo (es)

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) Sicilian: maravigghiusu (scn) m Spanish: pasmoso (es)

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Latin: (please verify) stupidus

References

• “stupid”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Adverb

stupid (comparative more stupid, superlative most stupid)

1. (slang) Extremely.

   My gear is stupid fly.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.

   • 2013, Lady Gaga (lyrics and music), “Jewels N' Drugs”, in Artpop:

     I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive

Translations

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 (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)

1. A stupid person; a fool.
   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], OCLC 1263167, page 87:

     "You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another."

   • 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch

     "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.

   • 1972, “Smoke on the Water”, performed by Deep Purple:

     Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.

   • 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.

2. (colloquial, uncountable) The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

   His stupid knows no bounds.

Translations

stupid person — See also translations at fool

Chinese: Mandarin: 傻子 (zh) Galician: imbécil, babeco (gl), estúpido, idiota, bobo, parvo (gl) German: Dummkopf (de) m Polish: głupek (pl) m, głupiec (pl) (literally), dureń (pl), ciemniak (pl), zakuta pała (pl) (colloquial), baran (pl) (colloquial), kretyn (pl), trep (pl) m (colloquial), kiep (pl) m (archaic), pacan (pl) m, cep (pl) (colloquial), półgłówek (pl) m, głąb (pl) m, tępak (pl) m, gamoń (pl) m, młot (pl) m (colloquial), imbecyl (pl) m, osioł (pl) m, tłuk (pl) m, tuman (pl) m, matoł (pl) m, palant (pl) m, bezmózg m Swedish: dumhuvud (sv) n, dumskalle (sv) c, knäppgök (sv) c, knäppskalle (sv), tokskalle (sv) c, träskalle (sv) c, fårskalle (sv) c

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin stupidus (“senseless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stupiːd/, [sd̥uˈpʰiðˀ]
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

stupid

1. oafish
2. 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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stupide, from Latin stupidus.Cognate with English stupid and Italian stupido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stuˈpid]

Adjective

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

1. stupid

   Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit

Declension

Declension of stupid

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

Adverb

stupid

1. stupidly

Related terms

• stupiditate