Definition of STUPID

Examples of stupid in a Sentence

She angrily described her boss as a stupid old man.
He had a stupid expression on his face.
I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.
Why are you being so stupid?
It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.
We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.
I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.
Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid.
I was stupid with fatigue.

Recent Examples of stupid from the Web

I have been assumed thug, robber, dangerous, stupid, poor and pitiful because of the color of my skin.

— michael harriot, The Root, "In Defense of ‘Wypipo’," 19 July 2017
Yet there is no evidence of this, and putting such a request in such a way as to leave a paper trail would be mind-numbingly stupid.

— The Economist, "Donald Trump junior’s e-mails," 13 July 2017
Smart, witty and mostly unflappable, Bonnie saved us all from stupid (and sometimes embarrassing) typos, misspellings and illogical sentences.

— jill sell, cleveland.com, "Several Ohio cities place highly in real estate surveys and other news," 9 July 2017
Trims and Options We’d Choose Volkswagen has taken the keep-it-simple-stupid approach by limiting the number of major option groups and focusing instead on four distinct trims (S, SE, SEL, and SEL Premium), each with progressively more features.

— drew dorian, Car and Driver, "2018 Volkswagen Atlas," 6 July 2017
Q: What are stupid questions to ask a trans person?

— tamara ikenberg, Alaska Dispatch News, "Becoming a man in just ‘127 Easy Steps’: Transgender activist and actor returns to perform one-man show," 30 June 2017
This is deranged, stupid, and egotistical; this is pure Trump, unadulterated by his daughter’s mythical moderating influence.

— sarah jones, New Republic, "Donald Trump, the president, can’t stop tweeting about women and their blood.," 29 June 2017
To repeat, even rough-and-tumble rhetoric, even stupid, vulgar demagoguery, does not necessarily incite violence.

— charles lane, The Denver Post, "How we respond to the baseball shooting is what really matters," 16 June 2017
Keep it simple, Stupid: Michaels reckons there are too many options, often with a variety of toppings and condiments, to try to create something novel.

— richard vines, star-telegram.com, "Want the perfect patty? Eight ways you’re doing burgers wrong," 12 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of stupid

Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from stupēre to be numb, be astonished — more at ¹type

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First Known Use: 1541

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stupid Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of stupid

stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass, materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on