stupid

CEFRA1

/ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Showing poor judgment or little intelligence.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Without intelligence., Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

Examples

  • I'd been tricked and I felt stupid.

  • My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/
  • /ˈst(j)upɪt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Without intelligence., Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.

  2. Without intelligence.

  3. Lacking in intelligence.

More examples

In context

  • He made the stupid decision of standing in a half-hour queue for a hamburger, instead of calling ahead.

  • It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!

  • So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!

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Origin

adjective

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”). More at stop.