stupid
Syllables: stu·pidUK/ˈstjuːpɪd/
More pronunciations (2)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈst͡ʃʉwpɪd/
stupid adjective: lacking in intelligence.
Adjective
stupid (comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)
- Lacking in intelligence.
- It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- And it would be a fine proposition
If I was a stupid girl
But honey, I am no one's exception
This I have previously learned2012, Taylor Swift, “Girl at Home”, in Red, performed by Taylor Swift
- 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.
- 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!
- Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
- I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world!
- Mom: Oh you stupid car! What's wrong with you now?!?
Calvin: That's it, Mom! Go ahead and swear! We don't mind!1986 February 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)
- To the point of stupor.
- Neurobiology bores me stupid.
- I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.
- Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
- No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.1702, Alexander Pope, Sappho, section 128
- Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
- Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.1744, George Berkeley, Siris, §190
- Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
- 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.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 7
- Amazing.
- That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
Adverb
stupid (comparative more stupid, superlative most stupid)
- Extremely.
- My gear is stupid fly.
- Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
Noun
stupid (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)
- A stupid person; a fool.
- "You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another."1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 87
- "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
- The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
- His stupid knows no bounds.
- As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.
stupid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stupid in Hindi
- lacking in intelligence
- मूर्ख mūrkh, नासमझ nāsmajh
stupid in Tamil
- lacking in intelligence
- முட்டாள் muṭṭāḷ
stupid in Marathi
- stupid, foolish, dumb, asinine
- मूर्ख mūrkha
- stupid, dull
- मूढ mūḍh
- stupid, idiotic, silly, foolish
- बावळट bāvḷaṭ
- stupid, heavy, doltish
- मंद manda
stupid in Urdu
- lacking in intelligence
- بے وقوف be-vaqūf, ناسمجھ nāsamajh, مورکھ mūrkh
More languagesFewer languages
- stupid in Bengali
- মূর্খ murkhô
- stupid in Telugu
- తెలివితక్కువ telivitakkuva, బుద్ధిలేని buddhilēni, తెలివి లేని telivi lēni
- stupid in Malayalam
- മണ്ടൻ maṇṭaṉ, പൊട്ടൻ poṭṭaṉ
- stupid in Kannada
- ಮೂರ್ಖ mūrkha, ಗೂಬೆ gūbe
- stupid in Punjabi
- بچہ baccah, ਬਦ ਤਮੀਜ਼ bad tamīz, بدتمیز badtamīz, کبا kabbā
- stupid in Gujarati
- ઠોઠ ṭhoṭh
- stupid in Odia
- ବୋକା bokā, ଗଧା gadhā
- stupid in Sanskrit
- अज्ञान ajñāna, मूर्ख mūrkha, मूर mūra, जल jala
- stupid in Sinhala
- මොට්ට moṭṭa
- stupid in Assamese
- মূৰ্খ murkho, বুৰ্বক burbok, অঁকৰা õkora
- stupid in Tagalog
- bobo, tanga
- stupid in Arabic
- غَبِيّ ḡabiyy, أَحْمَق ʔaḥmaq, حَمْقاء ḥamqāʔ, أَخْرَق ʔaḵraq
- stupid in Malay
- bodoh, ahmak, baghal, bahlul
- stupid in Indonesian
- bebal, bodoh, tolol, goblok
- stupid in Persian
- احمق ahmaq, کودن kowdan, خنگ xeng
- stupid in Thai
- โง่ ngôo
- stupid in Vietnamese
- ngu, ngu ngốc
- stupid in Myanmar
- န na., မိုက် muik, တုံးတာ tum:ta, တုံး tum:
- Dhivehi
- ގަމާރު gamāru
Examples of stupid in a sentence
- I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.2014 May 1, John Barker, Futures: A Novel, PM Press, page 131:
- Marcie Linguini, who had come down with a stupid ear infection the day of Thanksgiving vacation, curled deeper into her bed.1982 December 11, Andrea Loewenstein, “The Joys of Community or Holiday-itis Strikes Back”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 21...
- Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid lima beans.1986 April 7, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
- I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive2013, Lady Gaga, “Jewels N' Drugs”, in Artpop:
Synonyms of stupid
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- birdbrained
- blockheaded
- Boeotian
- boneheaded
- boofheaded
- braindead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- buffle-headed
- bullet-headed
- cerebrally challenged
- childish
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- crackbrained
- cretinous
- dense
- dented
- dim-bulb
- dim-headed
- dim-witted
- dim
- doltish
- dopey
- dozy
- drowsy
- dull-headed
- dull-minded
- dull-witted
- dull
Antonyms
Forms of stupid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | stupider |
| comparative | more stupid |
| superlative | stupidest |
| superlative | most stupid |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more stupid |
| superlative | most stupid |
| Noun | |
| plural | stupids |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from stupid
- ask a stupid question
- el stupido
- hit with the stupid stick
- McStupid
- nonstupid
- outstupid
- play stupid
- play stupid games, win stupid prizes
- semistupid
- squid
- stupid-ass
- stupidass
- stupid drunk
- stupid-head
- stupidicy
- stupidification
- stupidify
- stupid is as stupid does
- stupidish
- stupidism
- stupidity
- stupidly
- stupidness
- stupid o'clock
- stupidship
- stupidstitious
- stupid tax
- stupidy
- there are no stupid questions
- there's no such thing as a stupid question
- unstupid
- you can't fix stupid
Phrases with stupid
Words that rhyme with stupid
Questions about stupid
- What does stupid mean?
- Stupid means lacking in intelligence.
- What is stupid in Hindi?
- Stupid in Hindi is मूर्ख (mūrkh), नासमझ (nāsmajh). See Stupid meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use stupid in a sentence?
- I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.
- What part of speech is stupid?
- Stupid can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce stupid?
- Stupid is pronounced /ˈstjuːpɪd/ (UK).
Words near stupid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stupid (page history and authors); बावळट (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಗೂಬೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); بدتمیز (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઠોઠ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଗଧା (Odia) (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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