Stupid synonyms
sto͝o'pĭd, styo͝o'-
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Crazy; deranged.
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- Crazy; deranged.
- (Scot.) Merry or frolicsome in a giddy way
- Silly; foolish
damn-fool
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Lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)
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- Lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)
- Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
- Having little knowledge, education, or experience; uneducated; inexperienced
Deserving ridicule
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- Deserving ridicule
- Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly.
shallow-brained
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Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile:
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- Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile:
- Of, like, or characteristic of a child
- Behaving immaturely.
bats
(Slang) Insane; crazy
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- (Slang) Insane; crazy
- Mentally deranged; crazy.
Having no real point or purpose; nonsensical; meaningless
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- Having no real point or purpose; nonsensical; meaningless
- Not having or showing good sense; stupid; foolish
- (Informal) Unconscious, usually as a result of physical trauma.
- (Not comparable) Having no brain.
- Foolish or stupid
- (Comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
Showing foolishness or stupidity.
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- Showing foolishness or stupidity.
- Of, having the nature of, or characteristic of an idiot; very foolish or stupid
- Exhibiting profound mental retardation. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
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- Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
- Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
- (--- Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound:
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
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- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Measuring little from bottom to top or surface; lacking physical depth.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
Performed, carried out, or done without the benefit of wise counsel or careful prior deliberation.
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- Performed, carried out, or done without the benefit of wise counsel or careful prior deliberation.
- Showing or resulting from a lack of sound advice or careful consideration; unwise
Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
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- Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
- Not prudent; without thought of the consequences; lacking in judgment or caution; rash; indiscreet
Lacking wit or intelligence; foolish
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- Lacking wit or intelligence; foolish
Being a syllable in Greek and Latin prosody whose length does not fit the metric pattern.
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- Being a syllable in Greek and Latin prosody whose length does not fit the metric pattern.
- Lacking the power to reason
- Marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment:
Lacking sense or substance:
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- Lacking sense or substance:
Lacking intelligence or good sense; foolish.
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- Lacking intelligence or good sense; foolish.
- Giving or showing little attention or care; heedless:
- Not using one's mind; showing little or no intelligence or intellect; senseless or thoughtless
So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
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- So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
- So absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter
Disregarding evidence, sound logic, etc.
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- Disregarding evidence, sound logic, etc.
- (Botany) Failing to produce flowers or fruits:
- Performed by instruments and without the use of sight:
Impossible to take seriously; silly:
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- Impossible to take seriously; silly:
- Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate:
- Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
Having a low intelligence; dim-witted
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- Having a low intelligence; dim-witted
- Alternative spelling of half-witted.
Suspiciously odd:
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- Suspiciously odd:
- Difficult to account for; unusual or odd:
- Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something:
(Obs.) Of or fit for comedy
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- (Obs.) Of or fit for comedy
- (Archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
- Causing amusement; humorous; funny; droll
Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous:
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- Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous:
- Having or exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense; foolish.
- (Obs.) Simple; plain; innocent
Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
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- Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
- Lacking intelligible meaning:
- Unintelligible, foolish, silly, absurd, etc.
Lacking discretion; injudicious:
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- Lacking discretion; injudicious:
- Not discreet; lacking prudence, as in speech or action
- Not discreet; wanting in discretion.
Not intelligent.
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- Not intelligent.
- Having or showing a lack or deficiency of intelligence
- Having or displaying a lack or small amount of intelligence.
Marked by a lack of responsibility:
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- Marked by a lack of responsibility:
- Said or done as by an irresponsible person
- Not responsible; not subject to responsibility; not to be held accountable, or called into question.
Characteristic of a coquet.
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Absent-minded, forgetful, distractable.
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- Absent-minded, forgetful, distractable.
- Having the qualities of a scatterbrain.
crackbrained
So senseless or unreasonable as to seem insane; crazy
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- So senseless or unreasonable as to seem insane; crazy
Out of control.
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- Out of control.
- Intensely involved or preoccupied:
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Of, like, or having to do with comedy
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- Of, like, or having to do with comedy
- Amusing; humorous:
- Amusing or intended to be amusing; humorous; funny
anile
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Not determined by reason; capricious; arbitrary; irrational.
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- Not determined by reason; capricious; arbitrary; irrational.
- Unsupported by a valid exception to requirements of a warrant; for example, unreasonable search and seizure.
- Having or showing little sense or judgment; not rational
Highly improbable or illusory:
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- Highly improbable or illusory:
- Absurd; impossible
- Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
Of, relating to, or resembling an ass.
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- Of, relating to, or resembling an ass.
- Utterly stupid or silly:
- Of or like an ass; esp., having qualities regarded as characteristic of asses; stupid, silly, obstinate, etc.
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16th c.]
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- Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16th c.]
- Not paying enough attention; not thinking before one acts or speaks; neglectful; heedless; inconsiderate
- Done or made without enough attention, precision, etc.; not painstaking or thorough
Complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish
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- Complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish
- Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way:
Lacking in sense; foolish or crazy.
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- Lacking in sense; foolish or crazy.
- (Slang) Crazy; foolish; silly
Broken into small or coarse pieces:
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- Broken into small or coarse pieces:
- Broken so that fissures appear on the surface:
- Broken or fractured, usually without complete separation of parts; having a crack or cracks
dead-to-the-world
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tetched
Somewhat unbalanced mentally; touched.
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- Somewhat unbalanced mentally; touched.
- (Dial.) Touched; slightly demented
- (Chiefly US, colloquial) Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
block-headed
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cock-eyed
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Crazy; demented
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- Crazy; demented
- Extremely foolish or silly.
- (Of a person) insane
Mentally deranged; crazy.
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- Mentally deranged; crazy.
- (Slang) Crazy or eccentric
(Slang) Enthusiastic, often to excess
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- (Slang) Enthusiastic, often to excess
- Odd, foolish, crazy, etc.
- Having a flavor like that of nuts:
Hard to penetrate; thick:
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- Hard to penetrate; thick:
- Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter:
- Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.
Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
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- Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
- Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity:
- Slow to understand or perceive; dull or insensitive
Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness:
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- Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness:
- Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
- Marked by a retarded tempo:
(Slang) Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.
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- (Slang) Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.
- Slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation
- (Often Offensive) Affected with impaired intellectual development.
dull-witted
Slow-witted
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- Slow-witted
- Having a dull, blunt wit or mind.
- Alternative spelling of dull-witted.
sane (antonym)
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wise (antonym)
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judicious (antonym)
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dull (related)
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shallow (related)
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silly (related)
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Not functioning with normal vigor
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- Not functioning with normal vigor
- Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
- Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive:
Slow and dull; apathetic
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- Slow and dull; apathetic
- Sluggish in functioning
- Sluggish, lethargic, or inactive:
Silly, ridiculous, etc.
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- Silly, ridiculous, etc.
- Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
- Dazed or lethargic, as if drugged.
Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity:
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- Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity:
- Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter:
- Hard to penetrate; thick:
Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
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- Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
- Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words:
- Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear:
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Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
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- Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
- Not sharp or pointed; blunt
- (--- Botany) Having a blunt or rounded tip:
Slow-witted; stupid
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- Slow-witted; stupid
- Alternative form of thickwitted.
- Stupid; dull.
Impenetrable by the eyes:
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- Impenetrable by the eyes:
- Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency:
- Very noticeable; pronounced:
Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
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- Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
Stupid; doltish:
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- Stupid; doltish:
- Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
- Silly, ridiculous, etc.
action (related)
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Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
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- Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
- Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory:
- Not always holding to the same principles or practice; changeable
Not alert to danger, problems, or deception.
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- Not alert to danger, problems, or deception.
- Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience
- Not wary; not watchful or cautious; not alert to possible danger, trickery, etc.
Ill-advised, imprudent, wrongheaded, etc.
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- Ill-advised, imprudent, wrongheaded, etc.
- Ill-conceived or not thought through
- Lacking proper guidance
Living or growing in its original, natural state and not normally domesticated or cultivated
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- Living or growing in its original, natural state and not normally domesticated or cultivated
- Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
- Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion:
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Very foolish or stupid
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- Very foolish or stupid
Of or for insane persons
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- Of or for insane persons
- Affected by lunacy; mentally deranged.
- Of or for people who are mentally deranged.
Having been determined to be in a condition that meets the legal definition of insanity.
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- Having been determined to be in a condition that meets the legal definition of insanity.
- (Informal) Very foolish, excessive, fantastic, etc.
- Intended for use by such persons:
Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:
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- Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:
- Marked by a lack of restraint, especially by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation:
- Exhibiting uncharacteristic aggressiveness, especially as a result of rabies, spongiform encephalopathy, or another neurological disease. Used of animals:
Showing foolishness or stupidity.
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- Showing foolishness or stupidity.
- Exhibiting mild intellectual disability. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
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- Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
- Emotionally affected; moved:
- Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
(Archaic) Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
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- (Archaic) Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
- Silly or trivial, esp. in a childish way or as a result of immaturity
- Immature, especially in being silly or trivial; childish.
Not expedient; inadvisable:
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- Not expedient; inadvisable:
- Not expedient; not suitable or practicable for a given situation; inadvisable, unwise, etc.
- Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another.
Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas
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- Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas
- Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- Limited in outlook or lacking in tolerance; not open-minded; bigoted, prejudiced, etc.
Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent:
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- Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent:
- Characterized by incoherent speech, thought, etc.
- Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner:
(Geology) At the end of an erosion cycle:
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- (Geology) At the end of an erosion cycle:
- Being a disease or condition whose cause is primarily advanced age:
- Showing the marked deterioration often accompanying old age, esp. mental impairment characterized by confusion, memory loss, etc.
Horrible; hideous; shocking
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- Horrible; hideous; shocking
- Having the character or appearance of a monster
- Very unnatural or abnormal in shape, type, or character
Having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
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- Having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
- Being well beyond the bounds of good taste:
- Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary:
Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical.
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- Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical.
- That is barely believable based on logical or normal thinking
- Not readily believable because of improbable elements therein:
Going beyond reasonable limits; excessive or unrestrained
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- Going beyond reasonable limits; excessive or unrestrained
- Extremely abundant; profuse:
- Costing or spending too much; wasteful
(Obs.) With the first last and the last first; inverted
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- (Obs.) With the first last and the last first; inverted
- So contrary to nature, reason, or common sense as to be laughable; absurd; ridiculous
Having no use; unserviceable; worthless
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- Having no use; unserviceable; worthless
- (Pejorative, of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
- Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
Lacking or exhibiting a lack of wisdom; foolish or imprudent:
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- Lacking or exhibiting a lack of wisdom; foolish or imprudent:
- Having or showing a lack of wisdom or sound judgment; foolish; imprudent
Lacking substance or worth:
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- Lacking substance or worth:
- Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
- Without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc.
Designed for ease and quickness of movement; having a structure that is slim and has little weight for its type or class:
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- Designed for ease and quickness of movement; having a structure that is slim and has little weight for its type or class:
- Having light; not dark; bright
- Intended primarily as entertainment and lacking serious or weighty content:
light-headed
Alternative spelling of lightheaded.
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- Alternative spelling of lightheaded.
Characterized by irresponsible or silly behavior.
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- Characterized by irresponsible or silly behavior.
- Easily excited, upset, etc.
- Given to sudden whims; not taking things seriously; frivolous or irresponsible
Reckless, uninhibited, or zany
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- Reckless, uninhibited, or zany
- Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.
Causing or capable of causing dizziness:
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- Causing or capable of causing dizziness:
- Feeling dizzy or unsteady
- Turning or circling around very rapidly; whirling
Not sensible; foolish.
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- Not sensible; foolish.
- (Slang) Foolish, eccentric, or crazy
- Lacking common sense
not seeking for looking
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Producing no sound
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- Producing no sound
- Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
- Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words:
Exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense:
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- Exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense:
- Having or showing little intelligence and experience
- (Idiomatic, informal, frequently derisive) Incomplete; (of an idea or scheme) not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; (of a person) foolish or having no common sense.
in-the-dark
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having a block for a head
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not knowing what's what
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in darkness
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in a daze
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knowing nothing
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groping (in the dark)
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Vigorous or robust:
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- Vigorous or robust:
- Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a green circle, indicating the easiest level of difficulty.
- Beneficial to the environment or less harmful to the environment than others:
(Slang) Erratic, eccentric, or irrational; zany
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- (Slang) Erratic, eccentric, or irrational; zany
- Eccentric or irrational:
- Crazy; silly:
Having or showing little sense; foolish:
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- Having or showing little sense; foolish:
not seeing an inch beyond one's nose
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Peculiar, eccentric, or odd in a confusing way
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- Peculiar, eccentric, or odd in a confusing way
- Eccentric or crazy.
- Ludicrously odd, unlikely, or inappropriate.
ability (related)
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Synonym Study
- Retarded is applied to those behind others of the same age or class because of mental deficiency a retarded pupil
- Slow suggests that the quickness to learn, but not necessarily the capacity for learning, is below average a pupil slow in most studies
- Dense suggests obtuseness, or an irritating failure to understand quickly or to react intelligently too dense to take a hint
- Dull implies a mental sluggishness that may be constitutional or may result from fatigue, disease, etc. the fever left me dull and listless
- Stupid implies a lack of intelligence or an incapacity for perceiving or learning such as might be shown by one in a mental stupor a stupid idea
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