# stupid
## English
### 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”). More at stop.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstjuː.pɪd/
* (Northern UK) IPA: /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/
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* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈʃt͡ʃjʉː.pəd/
* Rhymes: -uːpɪd
* Hyphenation: stu‧pid

### Adjective

stupid (comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)
* Without intelligence.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
** (of animates) Lacking in intelligence.
    It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
*** 2012, Taylor Swift, “Girl at Home”, in Red‎, performed by Taylor Swift:And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned
** Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
    So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule!
*** 2014 May 1, John Barker, Futures: A Novel‎, PM Press, page 131:I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.
*** 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”‎performed by Chappell Roan:You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling You can say it's just the way you are Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
** Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
*** 1982 December 11, Andrea Loewenstein, “The Joys of Community or Holiday-itis Strikes Back”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 21, page 12:Marcie Linguini, who had come down with a stupid ear infection the day of Thanksgiving vacation, curled deeper into her bed.
    The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it.
** (euphemistic, by association) Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
    I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world!
*** 1986 February 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):Mom: Oh you stupid car! What's wrong with you now?!? Calvin: That's it, Mom! Go ahead and swear! We don't mind!
*** 1986 April 7, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid lima beans.
*** 2018, “The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!”, in DuckTales:Dewey: "It's too narrow for all three of us. Oh, bummer!" Huey: "Or we could just go single file." Dewey: "Stupid smart Huey..."
* To the point of stupor.
    Neurobiology bores me stupid.
    I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.
** (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
*** 1702, Alexander Pope, Sappho, section 128:No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
** (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
*** 1744, George Berkeley, Siris, §190:Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
** Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
*** 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 7:She had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing—looked without seeing—admired without intelligence—listened without knowing what she said.
* (slang) Amazing.
    That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!

#### Synonyms

* daft
* inept

#### Derived terms

* hit with the stupid stick
* play stupid
* play stupid games, win stupid prizes
* stupid-ass
* stupidass
* stupid drunk
* stupid-head
* stupid is as stupid does
* stupidity
* stupidly
* stupidness
* stupid o'clock
* stupidship
* stupid tax
* there are no stupid questions
* there's no such thing as a stupid question
* you can't fix stupid

#### Related terms

* stoopid
* stupe
* stupefy
* stupendous
* stupidity
* stupor

#### Translations

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#### References

* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “stupid”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Adverb

stupid (comparative more stupid, superlative most stupid)
* (slang) Extremely.
    My gear is stupid fly.
** 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
    Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.
** 2013, Lady Gaga, “Jewels N' Drugs”, in Artpop:I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive

#### Translations
### Noun

stupid (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)
* A stupid person; a fool.
** 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 87:"You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another."
** 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch:"What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
** 1972, “Smoke on the Water”, performed by Deep Purple:Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.
** 1996, Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem:At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
* (colloquial, uncountable) The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
    His stupid knows no bounds.
    As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.

#### Translations
## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin stupidus (“senseless”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stupiːd/, [sd̥uˈpʰiðˀ]
* Rhymes: -id

### Adjective

stupid
* oafish
* stupid (lacking in intelligence)

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Related terms

* stupiditet

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French stupide, from Latin stupidus. Cognate with English stupid and Italian stupido.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stuˈpid/
* Rhymes: -id
* Hyphenation: stu‧pid

### Adjective

stupid m or n (feminine singular stupidă, masculine plural stupizi, feminine and neuter plural stupide)
* (literary) stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prost

#### Declension
### Adverb

stupid
* stupidly

#### Related terms

* stupiditate

### References

* stupid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)