Stupid — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is not very bright

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈuːpɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/stjˈuːpɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stjˈuːpɪd/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈuːpɪd/.

Examples

The economy, stupid!
he had a dazed expression on his face
lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dolt poor fish stupid person pudding head pudden-head dullard pillock stunned stupefied dazed unintelligent stupe

Antonyms

intelligent smart

Parts of Speech

noun	a person who is not very bright “The economy, stupid!”
adjective	lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
adjective	in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock “he had a dazed expression on his face”
adjective	lacking intelligence “a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers”

Word Forms

stupid	adjective	lacking intelligence
stupid	noun	a person who is not very bright
stupidity	noun	a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dumm

eine Person, die nicht sehr klug ist

🇫🇷French

stupide

une personne qui n'est pas très brillante

🇪🇸Spanish

estúpido

una persona que no es muy brillante

🇮🇹Italian

stupido

una persona non molto brillante

🇳🇱Dutch

dom

iemand die niet erg slim is

🇵🇹Portuguese

estúpido

uma pessoa que não é muito inteligente

🇷🇺Russian

глупый

человек, который не очень умный

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूर्ख

एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत प्रतिभाशाली नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

বোকা

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি খুব উজ্জ্বল নন

🇮🇳Tamil

முட்டாள்

மிகவும் பிரகாசமாக இல்லாத ஒரு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివితక్కువ

చాలా ప్రకాశవంతంగా లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्ख

खूप तेजस्वी नसलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂર્ખ

એક વ્યક્તિ જે ખૂબ તેજસ્વી નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂರ್ಖ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾಗಿರದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മണ്ടൻ

വളരെ തെളിച്ചമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੂਰਖ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بیوقوف

ایک شخص جو بہت روشن نہیں ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

愚蠢的

一个不太聪明的人

🇯🇵Japanese

バカ

あまり明るくない人

🇰🇷Korean

멍청한

별로 밝지 않은 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngốc nghếch

một người không sáng sủa lắm

🇹🇭Thai

โง่

เป็นคนไม่สดใสนัก

🇮🇩Indonesian

bodoh

seseorang yang tidak terlalu cerdas

🇵🇭Filipino

tanga

isang taong hindi masyadong maliwanag

🇲🇾Malay

bodoh

seorang yang tidak begitu cerah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غبي

شخص ليس مشرقا جدا

🇮🇷Persian

احمق

فردی که خیلی باهوش نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

aptal

pek zeki olmayan bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּפָּשׁ

אדם לא מבריק במיוחד

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