stupid

Meaning

Synonyms

stupid person

mentally deficient

be stupid

poor fish

pudden-head

pudding head

dumb person

easily influenced

useless ones

without understanding

mentally deranged

mentally handicapped person

dull-brained

heavy-headed

retarded person

soft-witted

mutton-headed

crack-brained

sap head

doltish person

not bright

destitute of intellect

be wrong

soft headed

unable to learn

stockish

screw-loose

silly as a two-bob watch

badly-behaved

dull of intellect

intellectually dull

unreasonable irrational

naive and foolish

be confused

be spoiled

coarse person

devoid of intelligence

good-for-nothing fellow

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstjuː.pɪd/
Etymology

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-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). See stop.

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