idiotic

idiotic
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, dazed, dithering, dizzy, doting, driveling, drooling, dumb, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, gulled, half-baked, half-witted, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, inept, infatuated, insane, kooky, loony, mad, maudlin, maundering, mentally defective, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, mentally retarded, mongoloid, moronic, not all there, nutty, retarded, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, simple, simpleminded, simpletonian, slobbering, stupid, subnormal, thoughtless, wacky, wet, witless

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  • Idiotic — Id i*ot ic, Idiotical Id i*ot ic*al, a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. ?: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] Blackwall. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • idiotic — index fatuous, ludicrous, non compos mentis, obtuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • idiotic — (adj.) 1713, from L.L. idioticus uneducated, ignorant, in classical Latin, of an ordinary person, from Gk. idiotikos unprofessional, unskilled; not done by rules of art, unprofessional, from idiotes (see IDIOT (Cf. idiot)). Idiotical is from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • idiotic — [adj] very stupid asinine, batty*, birdbrained*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dull, dumb, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, insane, lunatic, moronic, senseless, silly, squirrelly*, thickwitted*, unintelligent; concept …   New thesaurus

  • idiotic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very stupid or foolish. DERIVATIVES idiotically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • idiotic — [id΄ē ät′ik] adj. [L idioticus, uneducated, ignorant < Gr idiōtikos, private, peculiar, rude] of, having the nature of, or characteristic of an idiot; very foolish or stupid idiotically adv …   English World dictionary

  • idiotic — adj. idiotic to + inf. (they were idiotic to do that) * * * [ˌɪdɪ ɒtɪk] idiotic to + inf. (they were idiotic to do that) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • idiotic — [[t]ɪ̱diɒ̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you call someone or something idiotic, you mean that they are very stupid or silly. What an idiotic thing to say! Syn: ridiculous Derived words: idiotically [[t]ɪ̱diɒ̱tɪkli[/t]] ADV ...his… …   English dictionary

  • idiotic — idiotically, adv. idioticalness, n. /id ee ot ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an idiot. 2. senselessly foolish or stupid: an idiotic remark. Also, idiotical. [1705 15; < LL idioticus < Gk idiotikós private, ignorant. See… …   Universalium

  • idiotic — id|i|ot|ic [ ,ıdi atık ] adjective extremely stupid: Stop asking idiotic questions! ╾ id|i|ot|i|cal|ly [ ,ıdi atıkli ] adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • idiotic — 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,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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