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stupid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! --Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he stood. --Thomson. 2. Resulting from or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in corrupted times. --Swift. Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv -- {Stu"pid*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [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: without much intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" [syn: {unintelligent}] [ant: {intelligent}] n : a person who is not very bright: "The economy, stupid!" [syn: {stupid person}, {dullard}, {dolt}, {pudding head}, {pudden-head}, {poor fish}]
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