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stupid
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)
- Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
- Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- To the point of stupor.
- Neurobiology bores me stupid.
- (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.
- 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
- (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.
- 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
- Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid
- (slang) Amazing.
- That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
- (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)
- (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)
- 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.
- 1922, Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
- (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
- oafish
- 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)
- stupid
- Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit
Declension
Adverb
stupid
- stupidly
Related terms
- stupiditate
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numb
English
Etymology
From the past participle of nim (“to take”). Compare German benommen (“dazed, numb”). The final ?b? is a later addition to the spelling; it was never pronounced, and did not appear in the original word.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?m, IPA(key): /n?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Adjective
numb (comparative number, superlative numbest)
- Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- Synonyms: deadened, insensible
- Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
- numb with shock; numb with boredom
- 1915, Nellie McClung, In Times Like These, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, Chapter 2,[1]
- […] when we know that hundreds are rendered homeless every day, and countless thousands are killed and wounded, men and boys mowed down like a field of grain, and with as little compunction, we grow a little bit numb to human misery.
- 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, New York: Modern Library, 1992, Part One, p. 77,[2]
- […] seeing the dog—somehow that made me feel again. I’d been too dazed, too numb, to feel the full viciousness of it.
- 2016, Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time, Random House Canada, Part Three,[3]
- […] he submitted […] as a traitor, his mind numb with vodka, submits to a firing squad.
- Synonym: stunned
- (obsolete) Causing numbness.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 1,[4]
- […] he did lap me
- Even in his own garments, and gave himself,
- All thin and naked to the numb cold night.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 1,[4]
Antonyms
- sensible, sensitive
Derived terms
Related terms
- numskull
Translations
Verb
numb (third-person singular simple present numbs, present participle numbing, simple past and past participle numbed)
- (transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
- Synonym: benumb
- (transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, “The Grey Woman” in The Grey Woman and Other Tales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.,[5]
- [I was] thankful for the pain, which helped to numb my terror.
- Synonym: dull
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, “The Grey Woman” in The Grey Woman and Other Tales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.,[5]
- (transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- 1912, Saki, “The Hounds of Fate” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 219,[6]
- […] hunger, fatigue, and despairing hopelessness had numbed his brain […]
- 1927, Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle’s Garden, Part Four, Chapter 6,[7]
- The noise, the rush of air past our ears, was positively terrific. It actually seemed to numb the senses and make it almost impossible to take in impressions at all.
- 2004, Cory Doctorow, Eastern Standard Tribe, Chapter 13,[8]
- [The sofa] exhaled a breath of trapped ancient farts, barf-smell, and antiseptic, the parfum de asylum that gradually numbed my nose to all other scents on the ward.
- Synonym: dull
- 1912, Saki, “The Hounds of Fate” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 219,[6]
- (intransitive) To become numb (especially physically).
- 1918, Lewis R. Freeman, Many Fronts, London: John Murray, “Wonders of the Teleferica,” p. 270,[9]
- […] after fumbling with numbing fingers for ten or fifteen minutes, he waved his hand with a gesture of despair […]
- 1919, Arthur Murray Chisholm, The Land of Strong Men, New York: H.K. Fly, Chapter 18,[10]
- […] once more his feet began to numb. Again he got down and stamped the circulation going, but as soon as he began to ride again they numbed.
- 1918, Lewis R. Freeman, Many Fronts, London: John Murray, “Wonders of the Teleferica,” p. 270,[9]
Derived terms
- mind-numbing
Translations
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