Thesaurus: stupid

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1. a. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
2. a. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.
3. adj. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
4. adj. in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
5. adj. lacking intelligence
6. n. a person who is not very bright
7. 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.
8. j:100 n. a person who is not very bright a. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity