Category:Stupid

Stu"pid, a. Etym: [l. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. Stupide.]

1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; Sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons. O that men. . . should be so stupid grown. . . As to forsake the Living god! Milton. With wild surprise, a moment stupid, motionless he stood. Thomson.

2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or Genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things. Observe what loads of stupid rhymes oppress us in corrupted times. Swift.

Syn. -- simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull; Heavy; clodpated. -- stu"pid*ly, adv. -- stu"pid*ness, n.