stupid
104
1.6
- adjective
- /ˈstuːpɪd/
- Informal
:
aturdido
- He was so tired that he acted stupid, forgetting simple directions.
That's just me being stupid, I think, but I just can't remember.
- That's just me being stupid, I think, but I just can't remember.
Examples
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And I felt really strange and really stupid, and I could imagine someone walking in at any moment.
Academic text (1990) -
I feel very comfortable saying this is that I'm stupid, really even to this day.
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I feel a bit stupid, to be honest.
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I feel a bit stupid now.
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If I take them, I spend the next day stupid as a stone.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's okay to feel stupid.
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Now I don't want to seem stupid, but it's already too late for that.
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As she desperately prayed, she realized how stupid she had been to take off on her own.
Fiction book (1999) -
Matt had laughed and then felt stupid when Janice appeared hurt by his laughter.
Fiction book (1995) -
But I was too stupid to know that it wasn't all worth escaping.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
40
4.8
Not able to think and act clearly after a shock or when very tired
29
3.0
Too shocked to move or think clearly
1
7.0
Unable to think or react after a sudden shock
1
9.1
Confused and unable to think clearly
So surprised that you cannot speak or move
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Dazed
243
4.2
1
7.0
29
3.0
- Informal
104
1.6
40
4.8
692
1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stupid originally meant 'stunned' or 'numb' in Latin, from the word stupidus and the verb stupēre 'to be stunned', and is like the English word stun. That's why stupid can describe a person who is temporarily unable to think clearly after a shock, a blow, or great tiredness.