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      stupid
      noun
      A stupid person; a fool.
      (colloquial, uncountable) The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
      adjective
      Without intelligence.
      (of animates) Lacking in intelligence.
      Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
      Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
      (euphemistic, by association) Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
      To the point of stupor.
      Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
      (slang) Amazing.
      (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
      (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
      adverb
      (slang) Extremely.
      Roots
      stupeostup- · Latin · be stunned, amazed
      Synonyms for stupid
      unintelligentadjdoltnidioticadjdumbadjmoronicadjdullardnsillynfoolishadjidiotnasinineadjmoronnimbecilicadjfatheadedadjbrainlessadjdoltishadjimbecilencretinousadjdopeyadjdimwitndaftadjnitwitnfatuousadjretardedadjcloddishadj
      Words related to stupid
      pillockncrackbrainedadjstupenlamebrainedstupidnessnmoronicallyadvasininelyadvdumbheadmuttonheadnsapheadnlurdanetomfoolnglaikitmuddleheadbrainlesslyadvboneheadn

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