idiotic

  • 11idiotic — adjective her latest comedy is fanciful without being idiotic Syn: stupid, silly, foolish, witless, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, unintelligent; imprudent, unwise, ill advised, ill considered, half baked, foolhardy; absurd, senseless,… …

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  • 12idiotic — UK [ˌɪdɪˈɒtɪk] / US [ˌɪdɪˈɑtɪk] adjective extremely stupid Stop asking idiotic questions! Derived word: idiotically UK [ˌɪdɪˈɒtɪklɪ] / US [ˌɪdɪˈɑtɪklɪ] adverb …

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  • 13idiotic — adjective 1. insanely irresponsible (Freq. 3) an idiotic idea • Syn: ↑crackbrained • Similar to: ↑insane 2. incongruous; inviting ridicule the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework …

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  • 14idiotic — also idiotical adjective Date: 1713 1. characterized by idiocy 2. showing complete lack of thought or common sense ; foolish • idiotically adverb …

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  • 15idiotic — adjective a) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; afflicted with idiocy. b) Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical. See Also: idiocy, idiot, idiotically …

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  • 16idiotic — Synonyms and related words: apish, arrested, asinine, babbling, backward, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blithering, brainless, buffoonish, burbling, cockeyed, crackbrained, cracked, crazy, credulous, cretinistic, cretinous, daffy, daft,… …

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  • 17idiotic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having the mind of an idiot] Syn. thick witted, dull, moronic; see stupid 1 . 2. [Characterized by bad judgment] Syn. fatuous, asinine, dumb*; see silly , stupid 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. moronic, stupid,… …

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  • 18idiotic — id·i·ot·ic || ɪdɪ É‘tɪk / É’t adj. stupid, ridiculous, senseless, foolish …

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  • 19idiotic — a.; (also idiotical) 1. Marked by idiocy, imbecile, born imbecile. 2. Pertaining to idiots, characteristic of idiots. 3. Foolish, sottish, fatuous …

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  • 20idiotic — adj 1. asinine, anserine, foolish, idiotical; silly, absurd, inane, fatuous; senseless, nonsensical, crackbrained, Scot. doiled, Sl. cockeyed, Scot, and North Eng. glaikit; ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible, ludicrous, Sl. for the birds;… …

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