stupid

stupid
adjective,
stupider, stupidest (slow-witted, unintelligent) dumm; einfältig [Person, Aussehen]; (ridiculous) lächerlich; (pointless) dumm (ugs.) [Witz, Geschichte, Gedanke]; (expr. rejection or irritation) blöd (ugs.)

it would be stupid to do something — es wäre töricht, etwas zu tun

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['stju:pid]
adjective
1) (foolish; slow at understanding: a stupid mistake; He isn't as stupid as he looks.) dumm
2) (in a bewildered or dazed state: He was (feeling) stupid from lack of sleep.) benommen
- academic.ru/92219/stupidly">stupidly
- stupidity
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stu·pid
[ˈstju:pɪd, AM esp ˈstu:-]
I. adj
<-er, -est or more \stupid, most \stupid>
1. (slow-witted) dumm, blöd fam, einfältig
whose \stupid idea was it to travel at night? wer hatte die bescheuerte Idee, nachts zu reisen? sl
it would be \stupid not to take the threats seriously es wäre töricht, die Drohungen nicht ernst zu nehmen
don't be \stupid! sei doch nicht blöd! fam
a \stupid mistake ein dummer Fehler
to do a \stupid thing etwas Dummes [o fam Blödes] machen
2. (silly) blöd fam
have your \stupid book! behalte doch dein blödes Buch! fam
\stupid exercise blöde Übung
to drink oneself \stupid sich akk bis zur Bewusstlosigkeit betrinken
II. n (fam) Blödmann m pej fam, Dummkopf m pej
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['stjuːpɪd]
1. adj
1) dumm; (= foolish also, boring, wretched) blöd(e) (inf)

don't be stupid — sei nicht so blöd (inf)

I've done a stupid thing — ich habe etwas ganz Dummes or Blödes (inf) gemacht

you stupid idiot! —

you stupid little man! — Sie Blödmann! (inf)

take that stupid look off your face — guck nicht so dumm or blöd (inf)!

that was stupid of you — das war dumm (von dir)

that was a stupid thing to do —

it was stupid of me (to say anything) — es war blöd von mir (etwas zu sagen)

I was stupid to do that — es war dumm von mir, das zu tun

you would be stupid to move to London — du wärst ja dumm or blöd (inf), wenn du nach London ziehen würdest

to make sb look stupid — jdn blamieren

to be so stupid or to be stupid enough as to do sth — dumm genug sein, etw zu tun

it is the stupidest thing I've ever done/heard — das ist das Dümmste, was ich jemals getan/gehört habe

2) (= stupefied) benommen, benebelt

to drink oneself stupid — sich sinnlos betrinken

the blow knocked him stupid —

to be stupid with tiredness — ganz benommen vor lauter Müdigkeit sein

to bore sb stupid — jdn zu Tode langweilen

to laugh oneself stupid — sich dumm und dämlich lachen (inf)

2. adv (inf)

to talk stupid — Quatsch reden (inf)

to act stupid — sich dumm stellen

3. n
(inf: person) Blödmann m (inf), Dummkopf m (inf)
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stupid [ˈstjuːpıd; US auch ˈstuː-]
A adj (adv stupidly)
1. a) stupid, dumm:
don’t do anything stupid mach keine Dummheiten!
b) umg dumm, blöd:
I can’t get that stupid window open
2. a) stupid, stumpfsinnig
b) lächerlich
3. benommen
B s Dummkopf m
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adjective,
stupider, stupidest (slow-witted, unintelligent) dumm; einfältig [Person, Aussehen]; (ridiculous) lächerlich; (pointless) dumm (ugs.) [Witz, Geschichte, Gedanke]; (expr. rejection or irritation) blöd (ugs.)

it would be stupid to do something — es wäre töricht, etwas zu tun

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adj.
blöd adj.
doof adj.
dumm adj.
dämlich adj.

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