STUPID


Meaning of STUPID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stju:pɪd, AM stu:- ]

( stupider, stupidest)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you say that someone or something is stupid , you mean that they show a lack of good judgment or intelligence and they are not at all sensible.

I’ll never do anything so stupid again...

I made a stupid mistake...

Your father wouldn’t have asked such a stupid question...

= foolish

ADJ

• stu‧pid‧ly

We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures...

ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj

• stu‧pid‧ity

(stupidities)

I stared at him, astonished by his stupidity.

N-VAR : usu with poss

2.

You say that something is stupid to indicate that you do not like it or care about it, or that it annoys you.

I wouldn’t call it art. It’s just stupid and tasteless...

Friendship is much more important to me than a stupid old ring!

= silly

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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