Stupid

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈstjuːpɪd/
• US IPA: /ˈst(j)upɪd/
• Northern UK IPA: /ˈʃtjuːpɪd/, /stʃjuːpɪd/

Origin

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- ("to wonder"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tu- ("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.

Full definition of stupid

Adjective

1. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
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. (slang) Amazing.That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
6. (slang) damn, annoying, darnI fell over the stupid wire.

Synonyms

• dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent
• especially in the Caribbean stupidy

Derived terms

Related terms

• stupor
• stupendous

Adverb

1. (slang, dated) Extremely.My gear is stupid fly.

Noun

1. A stupid person; a fool.
• 1910, Saki, ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia:‘You stupid!’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
• 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch"What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
• 1996, Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind MemAt least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.----