Mental vs Stupid - What's the difference?
mental | stupid |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
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
As nouns the difference between mental and stupid
is that mental is moron while stupid is a stupid person; a fool.As an adjective 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.mental
English
(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----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.
