stupidadjective
uk/ˈstjuː.pɪd/us/ˈstuː.pɪd/B1 silly or unwise; showing poor judgment or little intelligence:
She was really stupid to quit her job like that.
Whose stupid idea was it to travel at night?
He now thinks that retiring early was a stupid thing to do.
How could you be so stupid?
informal annoying, or causing a problem:
Have your stupid book back if it's so important to you.
I hate doing this stupid exercise, I just can't get it right.
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- That was a really stupid thing to do.
- How could he be so stupid?
- I'm sorry! That was a stupid thing to say - I don't know what came over me.
- Don't be so stupid.
- She told me it was brand new and I was stupid enough to believe her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- wrongheaded
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stupid
noun [ as form of address ] ukusinformal
Don't lock it, stupid!
stupidly
adverb uk/ˈstjuː.pɪd.li/us/ˈstuː.pɪd.li/
Sorry, I stupidly forgot to bring my copy of the report - could I look at yours?