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stupider

UK/ˈstjuːpɪdə/US/ˈstupɪdəɹ/

stupider is the comparative form of stupid.

Meaning of stupid

Adjective

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

  1. Lacking in intelligence.
    • It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
  2. 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!
  3. Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
    • The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it.
  4. (euphemistic, by association) 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!
  5. To the point of stupor.
    • Neurobiology bores me stupid.
    1. (archaic) 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

See all 12 meanings of stupid

Questions about stupider

What is stupider the comparative form of?
Stupider is the comparative form of stupid.
How do you pronounce stupider?
Stupider is pronounced /ˈstjuːpɪdə/ (UK).

Words near stupider in the dictionary

  1. stupid-head
  2. stupid-heads
  3. stupid-stitious
  4. stupidass
  5. stupidasses
  6. stupider
  7. stupidest
  8. stupidfuck
  9. stupidfucks
  10. stupidhead
  11. stupidheads

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