I. ˈst(y)üpə̇d adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from stupēre to be benumbed, be astonished, be stupefied; akin to Greek typtein to beat, strike — more at type
1.
a. : slow of mind : unimaginative , obtuse , insensitive
came to regard them as stupid , sensual, veritable children of Adam — V.L.Parrington
will defy the most phlegmatic and stupid spectator to behold it without admiration — Tobias Smollett
bellowed into his ear as if he were deaf instead of stupid — Anthony Trollope
b. : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : unthinking , irrational
while he may be wrong … he is never stupid — G.W.Johnson
consider myself at least stupid for not having profited from many opportunities — Emery Neff
reality is right under your stupid nose — Lionel Trilling
c. : lacking intelligence or reasoning power : brutish
getting the better of stupider beasts — G.A.Morgan
2.
a. : dulled in feeling or sensation : being in a state of stupor : torpid
stupid with drink — Sherwood Anderson
stupid with the lust of gain and the sloth of slavery — Van Wyck Brooks
let fall the stupid inanimate limbs of the gone wretch — George Meredith
b. : incapable of feeling or sensation : inanimate
nothing is quite so stupid as a fact — A.L.Guérard
the stupid rain came down in buckets — J.W.Ellison b.1929
3. : marked by or resulting from dullness or unintelligent thinking : senseless
a stupid refusal to be realistic — W.F.Hambly
appalling capacity of collective man for stupid , blind, self-destructive behavior — H.J.Muller
takes everything seriously in a stupid and unimaginative fashion — K.T.Bluth
it is stupid to wait until a probable enemy has gained a foothold from which to attack — F.D.Roosevelt
4. : lacking interest or point : dreary , boring
went to an awfully stupid evening … Monday night — Rachel Henning
would not have minded his going to this stupid lunch — A.J.Cronin
a really stupid performance
5. dialect England : obstinate , mulish
Synonyms:
dull , dense , crass , dumb : stupid applies to a sluggish, slow-witted want of intelligence or comprehension, often congenital or accustomed; it may apply to a senseless, benumbed, or dazed condition
so stupid and so obstinate that it was impossible to get him to do or understand anything — Anthony Trollope
stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone — Scott Fitzgerald
sleepy and stupid after a broken night and a hard day's work — Dorothy Sayers
dull strongly implies sluggish labored slowness of mind, with utter lack of quickness, brightness, or liveliness
a dull, ambitionless, vegetating individual — J.A.Brussel
with its impotent ruling classes and its dull and puritanical middle classes — Edward Shils
dense applies to a blockheaded thick imperviousness or insensitive obtuseness
she never offered to take me over the house, though I gave her the broadest hints — she's very dense — Clive Arden
crass suggests a fatheaded grossness precluding delicacy, discrimination, or refinement
in deep disgust at the farrier's crass incompetence to apprehend the conditions of ghostly phenomena — George Eliot
a crass bonehead capable of sneering at the progress of the human race — Don Marquis
dumb may apply to an imperceptive vexatious obtuseness
that the nutmegs were easily sold and eagerly bought is beside the story; the wonder is that we Southerners were so dumb, we did not know the difference — Erskine Caldwell
I guess I was pretty dumb that morning, but a fellow in love never sees beyond his own nose — Vicki Baum
II. noun
( -s )
: a stupid person
the generals were stupids — Stephen Crane
such a stupid with my hands — John Selby