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”). See stop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstjuː.pɪd/
• (Northern UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈst(j)u.pɪd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃt͡ʃjʉː.pəd/
• Rhymes: -uːpɪd

Adjective

stupid (comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)

1. Without intelligence.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

   1. (of animates) Lacking in intelligence.

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

   2. 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^[1], PM Press, page 131:

        I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.

   3. 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.

   4. (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..."

2. To the point of stupor.

   Neurobiology bores me stupid.

   I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety.

   1. (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.

   2. (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.

   3. 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.

3. (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-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

lacking in intelligence

• Afrikaans: dom (af)
• Albanian: budalla (sq), makalush (sq)
• Arabic: غَبِيّ (ḡabiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: غشيم (ḡašīm), احمق (aḥmaʔ)

• Aragonese: zamueco
• Armenian: հիմար (hy) (himar), դանդալոշ (hy) (dandaloš)
• Assamese: মূৰ্খ (murkho), বুৰ্বক (burbok), অঁকৰা (õkora)
• Asturian: babayu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: axmaq (az), qanmaz, key (az), küt (az), kütbeyin, tupoy (Russianism)
• Belarusian: дурны́ (durný), глу́пы (hlúpy), тупы́ (tupý)
• Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkhô)
• Buginese: ᨅᨛᨂᨚ
• Bulgarian: глу́пав (bg) (glúpav), тъп (bg) (tǎp)
• Burmese: န (my) (na.), မိုက် (my) (muik), တုံးတာ (my) (tum:ta), တုံး (my) (tum:)
• Catalan: toix (ca) m, estúpid (ca) m, bèstia (ca) m or f, babau (ca), tanoca (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蠢 (ceon²)

  Mandarin: 笨 (zh) (bèn), 蠢 (zh) (chǔn), 呆 (zh) (dāi), 愚 (zh) (yú), 愚笨的 (zh) (yúbèn de)

• Cornish: gocki
• Czech: hloupý (cs) m
• Danish: dum (da)
• Dhivehi: ގަމާރު (gamāru)
• Dutch: dom (nl), onverstandig (nl), stom (nl)
• Esperanto: stulta (eo)
• Estonian: rumal (et), loll (et), nõme, tobe
• Faroese: býttur
• Finnish: tyhmä (fi), see also Thesaurus:tyhmä
• French: stupide (fr) m or f, bête (fr) f
• Galician: estúpido (gl) m
• Georgian: სულელი (suleli), შტერი (šṭeri), დებილი (debili), ჩლუნგი (člungi)
• German: dumm (de), doof (de), blöd (de)
• Greek: βλάκας (el) (vlákas), ηλίθιος (el) (ilíthios), ανόητος (el) (anóitos)

  Ancient: ἀνόητος (anóētos), ἀσύνετος (asúnetos), βλάξ (bláx), βεβρός (bebrós)

• Hebrew: טיפש \ טִפֵּשׁ (he) m (tipésh), מטופש m (metupásh)
• Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) (mūrkh), नासमझ (hi) (nāsmajh)
• Hungarian: buta (hu)
• Icelandic: heimskur (is)
• Ido: stupida (io)
• Ilocano: tabbed
• Indonesian: bebal (id), bodoh (id), tolol (id), goblok (id), geblek (id), dungu (id), sontoloyo (id)
• Irish: dúr, ainbhiosach, mórcheannach
• Italian: stupido (it), scemo (it)
• Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) (ばか, baka), 馬鹿げた (ばかげた, bakageta), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 愚か (ja) (おろか, oroka), 阿呆 (ja) (あほ, aho)
• Javanese: bodho (jv), goblog (jv), sontoloyo
• Kabuverdianu: tolobásku, jatu
• Kankanaey: tabbed
• Kapampangan: bolang, borbolen
• Kazakh: мисыз (misyz), дүлей (dülei), ақылсыз (aqylsyz)
• Khmer: ខ្លៅ (km) (khlaw), កំលៅ (kɑmlɨw), ងងីងងើ (ngɔɔngiingngəə), ងីងើ (km) (ngii ngəə), ឆោត (km) (chaot), ទុប្បញ្ញា (tupbɑɑññiə), ពភ្លីពព្លើ (pɔɔpliippləə), ពភ្លើ (km) (pɔphləə), ល្ងីល្ងើ (km) (lngii lngəə)
• Korean: 어리석다 (ko) (eoriseokda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گەوج (gewc), بێ عەقڵ (bê 'eqill)

• Kyrgyz: келесоо (ky) (kelesoo), акмак (ky) (akmak)
• Ladino: bovo, estupido, tonto, shapshal, aptal
• Lao: ຈ້າ (chā), ຊ້າ (sā), ຕຶບ (tưp), ປຶ (pư)
• Latin: stultus (la), blennus, stupidus, stolidus
• Latvian: stulbs, muļķīgs, dumjš
• Lithuanian: kvailas
• Macedonian: глупав (glupav)
• Malay: bodoh (ms), ahmak (ms), baghal, bahlul (ms), bangang (ms), bebal (ms), benak, bengap, bingung (ms), bongak (ms), bongok (ms), congong, dogol, dongok (ms), dungu (ms), goblok (ms), hamik, jahil (ms), palui (ms), pandik, pongah, pusung, sementung, songor, tolol (ms), tongong
• Malayalam: മണ്ടൻ (ml) m (maṇṭaṉ), പൊട്ടൻ m (poṭṭaṉ)
• Maori: moho, heahea, pongipongi, pohe, popohe, pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
• Mongolian: мохоо (mn) (moxoo)
• Norman: niais
• Norwegian: dum (no)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: глоупъ (glupŭ)

  Glagolitic: ⰳⰾⱆⱂⱏ (glupŭ)

• Old English: dysiġ
• Old Polish: głupy
• Ottoman Turkish: بوك (böñ)
• Pali: duppaññā
• Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq), کودن (fa) (kowdan)
• Plautdietsch: frekjt
• Polish: głupi (pl), durny (pl), tępy (pl), tępogłowy, zakuty (colloquial), durnowaty (pl) m
• Portuguese: estúpido (pt)
• Romanian: prost (ro), stupid (ro)
• Russian: глу́пый (ru) (glúpyj), дурно́й (ru) (durnój), тупо́й (ru) (tupój), неу́мный (ru) (neúmnyj), тупоу́мный (ru) (tupoúmnyj)
• Saanich: SC̸OTI
• Sanskrit: अज्ञान (sa) (ajñāna), मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha), मूर (sa) (mūra), जल (sa) (jala), मूढ (sa) (mūḍha), निर्बुद्धि (sa) (nirbuddhi)
• Scottish Gaelic: gòrach, baoghalta, doilleir, amaideach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глу̑п m, тупоуман m, тупо̀глав m, бле̏сав m

  Roman: glȗp (sh) m, tupouman m, tupòglav (sh) m, blȅsav (sh)

• Sicilian: stùbbitu m, scimunitu (scn) m, babbu (scn) m, critinu m
• Sinhalese: මොට්ට (moṭṭa)
• Slovak: hlúpy (sk)
• Slovene: neumen (sl), butast, trapast, glúp
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: głupy

  Upper Sorbian: hłupy

• Spanish: estúpido (es), menso (es), gilí (es), pendejo (es), tonto (es)
• Sundanese: béno
• Swedish: dum (sv), omtöcknad (sv)
• Tagalog: bobo (tl), tanga
• Tajik: аҳмақ (tg) (ahmaq), нодон (tg) (nodon), аблаҳона (ablahona), беақл (tg) (beaql)
• Tamil: முட்டாள் (ta) (muṭṭāḷ)
• Tatar: ахмак (tt) (axmaq)
• Telugu: తెలివితక్కువ (telivitakkuva), బుద్ధిలేని (te) (buddhilēni), తెలివి లేని (telivi lēni)
• Thai: โง่ (th) (ngôo)
• Tocharian B: aknātsa
• Turkish: aptal (tr), salak (tr), bön (tr), ahmak (tr), ahmaklar (tr) pl
• Turkmen: akylsyz (tk), gagal, samsyk
• Ukrainian: дурни́й (uk) (durnýj), тупи́й (tupýj)
• Urdu: بے وقوف (be-vaqūf), ناسمجھ (nāsamajh), مورکھ (mūrkh)
• Uzbek: ahmoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngu (vi), ngu ngốc (vi)
• Walloon: biesse (wa) m or f, loigne (wa) m or f
• Welsh: twp (cy), bal

To the point of stupor

• Bulgarian: зашеметен (bg) (zašemeten), вцепенен (bg) (vcepenen)
• Dutch: idioot (nl)
• Italian: stupefatto (it) m
• Portuguese: estupidificado (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: zatupljujući
• Spanish: estupefacto (es), zonzo (es)

slang: amazing

• Japanese: イカす (ikasu), カッコイイ (kakkoī), サイコー (saikō), シブい (shibui)
• Portuguese: estupendo (pt)
• Sicilian: maravigghiusu (scn) m
• Spanish: pasmoso (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} stupidus

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)

1. (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 (lyrics and music), “Jewels N' Drugs”, in Artpop:

     I'm your mother, sister, your father, brother / This family is stupid attractive

Translations

Extremely

• Japanese: ダサい (ja) (dasai), イカす (ikasu), カッコイイ (kakkoī), サイコー (saikō), シブい (shibui)
• Latin: stupide
• Portuguese: (literally, slang) estupidamente (pt)

Noun

stupid (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)

1. 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.

2. (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

stupid person — see also fool

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻子 (zh) (shǎzi)

• Esperanto: stultulo (eo)
• Galician: imbécil, babeco (gl), estúpido (gl), idiota, bobo, parvo (gl)
• German: Dummkopf (de) m
• Macedonian: акмак m (akmak)
• Polish: głupek (pl) m, głupiec (pl) (literally), dureń (pl), ciemniak (pl), zakuta pała (pl) (colloquial), baran (pl) (colloquial), kretyn (pl), trep (pl) m (colloquial), kiep (pl) m (archaic), pacan (pl) m, cep (pl) (colloquial), półgłówek (pl) m, głąb (pl) m, tępak (pl) m, gamoń (pl) m, młot (pl) m (colloquial), imbecyl (pl) m, osioł (pl) m, tłuk (pl) m, tuman (pl) m, matoł (pl) m, palant (pl) m, bezmózg m
• Swedish: dumhuvud (sv) n, dumskalle (sv) c, knäppgök (sv) c, knäppskalle (sv), tokskalle (sv) c, träskalle (sv) c, fårskalle (sv) c

Danish

Etymology

From Latin stupidus (“senseless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stupiːd/, [sd̥uˈpʰiðˀ]
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

stupid

1. oafish
2. stupid (lacking in intelligence)

Inflection

Inflection of stupid
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	stupid	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	stupidt	—	—2
Plural	stupide	—	—2
Definite attributive1	stupide	—	—
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^(key): /stuˈpid/
• Rhymes: -id
• Hyphenation: stu‧pid

Adjective

stupid m or n (feminine singular stupidă, masculine plural stupizi, feminine and neuter plural stupide)

1. (literary) stupid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prost

Declension

Declension of stupid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	stupid		stupidă	stupizi	stupide
	definite	stupidul		stupida	stupizii	stupidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	stupid		stupide	stupizi	stupide
	definite	stupidului		stupidei	stupizilor	stupidilor

Adverb

stupid

1. stupidly

Related terms

• stupiditate

References

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