idiotic

  • 61silly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. witless, foolish, stupid, childish; fatuous, inane; senseless, absurd, ridiculous; stunned. See absurdity, credulity, folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. senseless, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish,… …

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  • 62stupid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slow witted, dull, obtuse; benumbed, bemused; absurd, inane; banal, tiresome, tedious, dull. See ignorance, credulity, folly.Ant., smart, witty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Foolish] Syn. senseless,… …

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  • 63witless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. senseless, brainless; silly, foolish, pointless, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, dumb (sl.); half witted, dull, thick, stupid, scatterbrained, muddle headed, dopy (sl.). See ignorance. II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 64absurd — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, silly, laughable, crazy, irrational, senseless, pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, illogical, unreasonable, self contradictory, impossible, implausible, outlandish,… …

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  • 65imbecilic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. imbecile, feeble minded, idiotic, asinine; see silly , stupid 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical,… …

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  • 66insane — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Deranged] Syn. crazy, crazed, mad, wild, raging, frenzied, lunatic, schizophrenic, psychotic, psychopathic, psychoneurotic, paranoid, non compos mentis (Latin), maniacal, raving, demented, rabid, berserk, unbalanced,… …

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  • 67dopey — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. stupid, idiotic, moronic, retarded, silly, mindless. ANT.: brilliant, intelligent, thoughtful II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also dopy adjective 1. Slang. Lacking mental and physical alertness and activity: hebetudinous …

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  • 68idiot — 01. Of course people didn t live at the same time as dinosaurs! Don t be such an [idiot]! 02. The guy is such an [idiot]. He thinks I m in love with him, but I simply can t stand him. 03. She felt like an [idiot] when she tried to speak Italian,… …

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  • 69idiot — id|i|ot [ˈıdiət] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: idiota person who knows nothing , from Greek idiotes private person, person who knows nothing , from idios own, personal, private ] 1.) a stupid person or someone who has done something stupid …

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  • 70drivel — driv·el || drɪvl n. nonsense, idiotic utterances; spittle, slobber (Rare) v. talk nonsense, say idiotic things; slobber, spittle (Rare) …

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