stupid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is not very bright
    pillock; dullard; pudding head; poor fish; stupe; pudden-head; stupid person; dolt.
    • The economy, stupid!
  2. adjective lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
  3. adjective satellite in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
    stupefied; stunned; dazed.
    • he had a dazed expression on his face
    • lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
    • was stupid from fatigue
  4. adjective lacking intelligence
    unintelligent.
    • a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers

WordNet

Stu"pid adjective
Etymology
L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913