stupidity
Syllables: stu·pid·i·tyUK/stjuːˈpɪdɪti//stuˈpɪdɪti/
stupidity noun: the property of being stupid.
Noun
stupidity (countable and uncountable, plural stupidities)
- The property of being stupid.
- I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- An act that is stupid.
- Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.
- 8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale.1895 July, Mark Twain, “Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses”, in North American Review
stupidity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stupidity in Hindi
- stupidity, idiocy
- हिमाक़त himāqat
- stupidity, foolishness
- बेअक़्ली beaqlī
- stupidity, ignorance
- सम्मोह sammoh
stupidity in Tamil
- property of being stupid
- மடமை maṭamai
- act that is stupid
- மடத்தனம் maṭattaṉam
stupidity in Marathi
- stupidity, foolishness, idiocy
- बावळटपणा bāvḷaṭpaṇā
stupidity in Urdu
- stupidity, foolishness, folly
- حماقت himāqat
More languagesFewer languages
- stupidity in Bengali
- মূর্খতা murkhôta
- stupidity in Telugu
- జడత్వము jaḍatvamu, మూర్ఖత్వం mūrkhatvaṁ, తెలివితక్కువతనం telivitakkuvatanaṁ
- stupidity in Malayalam
- വിഡ്ഢിത്തം viḍḍhittaṁ, മണ്ടത്തരം maṇṭattaraṁ, മൂഢത mūḍhata
- stupidity in Kannada
- ಅಸಡು asaḍu
- stupidity in Punjabi
- حماقت ḥamāqat
- stupidity in Gujarati
- મૂર્ખતા, મૂર્ખાઈ
- stupidity in Odia
- ମୂର୍ଖତା, ନିର୍ବୋଧତା
- stupidity in Nepali
- मूर्खता, मुर्खता
- stupidity in Arabic
- غَبَاء ḡabāʔ, غَبَاوَة ḡabāwa, بَلَاهَة balāha
- stupidity in Malay
- kebodohan
Examples of stupidity in a sentence
- The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
- They say that natural stupidity is more dangerous than artificial intelligence.
- Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
Synonyms of stupidity
Antonyms
Forms of stupidity
| plural | stupidities |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | stupidité |
Origin of stupidity
From Latin stupiditātem, accusative of Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid + -ity.
Words formed from stupidity
Phrases with stupidity
Words that rhyme with stupidity
Questions about stupidity
- What does stupidity mean?
- Stupidity means the property of being stupid.
- What is stupidity in Hindi?
- Stupidity in Hindi is हिमाक़त (himāqat), बेअक़्ली (beaqlī), सम्मोह (sammoh). See Stupidity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stupidity?
- Stupidity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stupidity?
- Stupidity is pronounced /stjuːˈpɪdɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stupidity?
- The plural of stupidity is stupidities.
Words near stupidity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stupidity (page history and authors); बेअक़्ली (Hindi) (page history and authors); बावळटपणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); حماقت (Urdu) (page history and authors); ಅಸಡು (Kannada) (page history and authors); حماقت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); stupidity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stupidity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stupidity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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