dictionary definitions for "stupid"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stupid
      adj 1: lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity [ant:
             smart]
      2: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
         shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
         semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
         stupid from fatigue" [syn: dazed, stunned, stupefied,
         {stupid(p)}]
      3: lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent
         co-workers" [syn: unintelligent, stupid] [ant:
         intelligent]
      n 1: a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
           [syn: stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard,
           dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish,
           pillock]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:
     cf. F. stupide.]
     1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in
        understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --
        said of persons.
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              O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . .
              As to forsake the living God!         --Milton.
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              With wild surprise,
              A moment stupid, motionless he stood. --Thomson.
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     2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without
        skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.
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              Observe what loads of stupid rhymes
              Oppress us in corrupted times.        --Swift.
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     Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;
          sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- Stu"pid*ly, adv.
          -- Stu"pid*ness, n.
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