Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Lacking intelligence or common sense: Describes a person, action, or idea that shows a significant lack of mental capacity, understanding, or good judgment.
   • Dazed or stunned: Describes a state of being mentally numb or insensible, often due to shock, fatigue, or a blow.
   • Dull or boring: Describes something that is uninteresting, tedious, or lacking in stimulation.

2. Noun:

   • A stupid person: (Informal) Used to refer to a person who is not intelligent or who acts foolishly.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • That was a stupid mistake to make. (Describing a foolish action.)
  • The loud noise left him feeling stupid and disoriented. (Describing a dazed state.)
  • I'm bored with this stupid movie. (Describing something boring.)

• Noun:

  • Don't be such a stupid! (Informal, addressing someone acting foolishly.)
  • "It's the economy, stupid!" (A famous political phrase emphasizing a simple, core issue.)

Advanced Usage

• "Stupid with [something]": Overwhelmed to the point of being unable to think clearly.
  • He was stupid with fatigue after working three shifts.
• "Stupid is as stupid does": (Proverb) A person's intelligence is judged by their actions, not their appearance or claims.

Variants and Related Words

• Stupidity (n): The state or quality of being stupid.
  • The stupidity of the plan was obvious to everyone.
• Stupidly (adv): In a stupid manner.
  • He stupidly ignored all the warning signs.
• Stupefy (v): To make someone unable to think or feel properly.
  • The news stupefied the entire community.

Synonyms

• Adjective (lacking intelligence): Foolish, unintelligent, idiotic, senseless, dumb.
• Adjective (dazed): Stunned, numb, groggy, bewildered.
• Adjective (boring): Dull, tedious, tiresome.

Related Phrases

• Play stupid: To pretend to be ignorant or unaware.
  • He decided to play stupid when they asked him about the missing report.
• Stupid money: (Informal) An extremely large amount of money.
  • They paid stupid money for that tiny apartment.

Related Idioms

• As stupid as a post/stone: Extremely stupid.
  • The new intern is as stupid as a post.
• Stupid like a fox: (Ironic) Seeming stupid but actually very clever or cunning.
  • Don't underestimate her; she's stupid like a fox.

Adjective

1. lacking intelligence
   • a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers
2. in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
   • he had a dazed expression on his face
   • lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
   • was stupid from fatigue
3. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

Noun

1. a person who is not very bright
   • The economy, stupid!