Dimwitted vs Stupid - What's the difference?
dimwitted | stupid | Related terms |
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Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
To the point of stupor.
(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
* 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
* 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
(slang) Amazing.
(slang) damn, annoying, darn
A stupid person; a fool.
* 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
* 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
* 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
Dimwitted is a related term of stupid.
As adjectives the difference between dimwitted and stupid
is that dimwitted is while stupid is lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.As an adverb stupid is
(slang|dated) extremely.As a noun stupid is
a stupid person; a fool.dimwitted
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Adjective
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stupid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- Neurobiology bores me stupid .
- No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
- Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
- That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
- I fell over the stupid wire.
Synonyms
* dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See alsoDerived terms
* stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidnessReferences
*Noun
(en noun)- ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
- "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
- At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.