different between brutish vs stupid

English

Etymology

From brute +? -ish

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?u?t.??/
• Rhymes: -u?t??

Adjective

brutish (comparative more brutish, superlative most brutish)

1. Of, or in the manner of a brute
2. Bestial; lacking human sensibility

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:brutish.

Translations

Further reading

• brutish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brutish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brutish at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupe? (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to wonder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to stand, stay”). Cognate with Old High German stubar?n (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). See stop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stju?p?d/
• (Northern UK) IPA^(key): /??tju?p?d/, /st??ju?p?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st(j)up?d/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??t??j??p?d/

Adjective

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

1. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

   Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
2. To the point of stupor.

   Neurobiology bores me stupid.

3. (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
   • 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:

     No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.

4. (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.

5. Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid
6. (slang) Amazing.

   That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!

7. (slang) Darn, annoying.

   I fell over the stupid wire.

   • 2018, "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" DuckTales:

     Duey: "It's too narrow for all three of us. Oh, bummer!"

     Huey "Or we could just go single file."

     Duey "Stupid smart Huey..."

Derived terms

Related terms

Synonyms

• inept

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward 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.

Translations

Noun

stupid (countable and uncountable, plural stupids)

1. A stupid person; a fool.
   • 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch

     "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
2. (colloquial, uncountable) The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin stupidus (“senseless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stupi?d/, [sd?u?p?ið?]
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

stupid

1. oafish
2. stupid (lacking in intelligence)

Inflection

Related terms

• stupiditet

Romanian

Etymology

French stupide, Latin stupidus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stu?pid]

Adjective

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

1. stupid

   Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit

Declension

Adverb

stupid

1. stupidly

Related terms

• stupiditate