idiotic
Syllables: id·i·ot·ic/ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk/US/ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/
idiotic adjective: pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
Adjective
idiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)
- Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
- Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
- Everyone else shifted uncomfortably as this guy continued his derisive laughter and proclaimed my quest the most idiotic thing he'd heard in his life.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131
- Synonyms:
- stupid, nonsensical
idiotic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
idiotic in Hindi
- pertaining to or resembling an idiot
- मूर्ख mūrkh, अहमक़ ahmaq
idiotic in Urdu
- pertaining to or resembling an idiot
- مورکھ mūrkh, احمق ahmaq
idiotic in Bengali
- pertaining to or resembling an idiot
- মূর্খ murkho
- having the quality of idiocy
- মূর্খ murkho
idiotic in Malayalam
- stupid, foolish, silly
- ബുദ്ധിശൂന്യമായ, ബാലിശമായ, ബുദ്ധികെട്ട, വിഡഢിത്തമായ, ലാട, വിവേകരഹിതമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- idiotic in Kannada
- ಹೆಡ್ಡು, ಪೆದ್ದು
- idiotic in Sanskrit
- मूर्ख mūrkha
- idiotic in Arabic
- عَبِيط ʕabīṭ
- idiotic in Indonesian
- bodoh, goblok, tolol, idiot
- idiotic in Persian
- احمق ahmaq
- idiotic in Myanmar
- နှမ်း hnam:
Examples of idiotic in a sentence
- Every week the Sunday Times names and shames a mampara—generally a public figure who has said or done something so idiotic that it boggles the mind.
- Which was idiotic, because there were Necromantic ones, Ghouls and Bonedancers and even Rancelmen.
- Every reasonable source (aka not Democratic hateblogs) also disproves this troll's idiotic claims.
Synonyms of idiotic
Forms of idiotic
| comparative | more idiotic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most idiotic |
| alternative form | idiotick |
Origin of idiotic
From idiot + -ic.
Words formed from idiotic
Words that rhyme with idiotic
- exotic
- chaotic
- hypnotic
- sclerotic
- homoerotic
- neurotic
- quixotic
- antibiotic
- asymptotic
- biotic
- despotic
- dicrotic
31 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ekpyrotic
- heterotic
- narcotic
- Nilotic
- probiotic
- semiotic
- symbiotic
- amniotic
- anadiplotic
- aponeurotic
- aquatic
- aryepiglottic
- autoerotic
- epiglottic
- erotic
- extraglottic
- glottic
- homeotic
- infraglottic
- intraglottic
- miotic
- osmotic
- paraglottic
- periglottic
- polyglottic
- psittacotic
- subglottic
- supraglottic
- thyroepiglottic
- transglottic
- unhypnotic
Questions about idiotic
- What does idiotic mean?
- Idiotic means pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
- What is idiotic in Hindi?
- Idiotic in Hindi is मूर्ख (mūrkh), अहमक़ (ahmaq). See Idiotic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is idiotic?
- Idiotic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce idiotic?
- Idiotic is pronounced /ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/ (US).
Words near idiotic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: idiotic (page history and authors); idiotic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); idiotic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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