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feather-headed, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, ox-like,<br />

boneheaded, addle-pated, addle-headed, addled, Chiefly Brit<br />

imbecile, Chiefly US dumb, jerky, thimble-witted, Colloq dopey,<br />

Brit dozy: He seemed really stupid in comparison with his<br />

precocious younger sister. 2 foolish, silly, frivolous, asinine,<br />

hare-brained, crazy, insane, mad, crack-brained, scatterbrained,<br />

absurd, inane, idiotic, ridiculous, risible, laughable,<br />

ludicrous, nonsensical, senseless, bootless, irresponsible,<br />

irrational, ill-advised, foolhardy, half-baked, Colloq cuckoo,<br />

cock-eyed, damn-fool, Chiefly Brit daft, barmy or balmy, US<br />

cockamamie or cockamamy: He came up with one stupid plan after<br />

another. 3 insipid, dull, tedious, boring, tiresome, humdrum,<br />

prosaic, monotonous, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting,<br />

vapid, vacuous, Colloq ho-hum: Most sitcoms feature stupid<br />

characters doing stupid things.<br />

stupidity n. 1 fatuity, obtuseness, dullness, denseness, lumpishness,<br />

doltishness, simplicity, simple-mindedness, imbecility,<br />

cretinism, feeble-mindedness, weak-mindedness, stolidity,<br />

dull-wittedness, dimness, dim-wittedness, halfwittedness,<br />

thick-wittedness, slow-wittedness, thimble-wittedness,<br />

witlessness, brainlessness, mindlessness, empty-headedness,<br />

feather-headedness, rattle-headedness, boneheadedness: In<br />

public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery. 2<br />

foolishness, folly, asininity, craziness, insanity, madness,<br />

absurdity, absurdness, inanity, idiocy, ridiculousness,<br />

risibility, ludicrousness, nonsense, senselessness,<br />

bootlessness, irresponsibility, irrationality, foolhardiness:<br />

The stupidity of such a venture is obvious when you consider the<br />

enormous risk and the minuscule return.<br />

stupor n. insensibility, stupefaction, torpor, lethargy, listlessness,<br />

languor, laziness, lassitude, lifelessness, supineness, inertia;<br />

inertness, coma, trance, unconsciousness, numbness: His stupor<br />

might be caused by the medication he is taking for his cold.<br />

sturdy adj. 1 strong, solid, stout, rugged, tough, well-built,<br />

substantial; strapping, muscular, powerful, brawny, burly,<br />

robust, well-muscled, athletic, hardy, Colloq husky, hefty:<br />

This ladder should be sturdy enough to hold you. James got that<br />

sturdy build from exercise. 2 stalwart, staunch, steadfast,<br />

resolute, firm, vigorous, determined, uncompromising,<br />

unyielding, unwavering, unswerving, unfaltering, enduring,

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