asinine

asinine
Synonyms and related words:
Boeotian, absurd, airy, apish, batty, beef-brained, beef-witted, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blockish, bovid, bovine, brainless, buffoonish, caprid, caprine, catchpenny, chumpish, cloddish, cockeyed, cowish, cowlike, crass, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, deerlike, dense, dizzy, doltish, doting, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish, empty, equestrian, equine, fat, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, flimsy, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fuddled, futile, gaga, goatish, goatlike, goofy, gross, gulled, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horsy, idiotic, idle, imbecile, inane, ineducable, inept, infatuated, insane, irrational, klutzy, kooky, light, loony, lumpish, mad, maudlin, mindless, moronic, mulish, nugacious, nugatory, nutty, oafish, opaque, otiose, ovine, piggish, puerile, ruminant, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, shallow, sheepish, sheeplike, silly, slender, slight, sottish, stupid, superficial, swinish, thick, thoughtless, trifling, trite, trivial, ungulate, unreasonable, unteachable, unwitty, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky, weak-minded, wet, windy, witless, wrongheaded

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  • Asinine — As i*nine, a. [L. asininus, fr. asinus ass. See {Ass}.] Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. Asinine nature. B. Jonson. Asinine feast. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • asinine — index fatuous, ludicrous, obtuse, opaque, puerile, unreasonable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • asinine — c.1600, obstinate, stupid, from L. asininus stupid, lit. like an ass, from asinus ass, also dolt, blockhead (see ASS (Cf. ass) (1)). The literal sense in English is recorded from 1620s …   Etymology dictionary

  • asinine — *simple, fatuous, silly, foolish Analogous words: *stupid, crass, dumb, dense, dull, slow: puerile (see YOUTHFUL): irrational, unreasonable Antonyms: sensible, judicious Contrasted words: *wise, sane, prudent, sapient, sage: intelligent, clever,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • asinine — [adj] senseless absurd, cretinous, daft, foolish, half witted, idiotic, inane, moronic, silly, sophomoric, stupid; concepts 402,548 …   New thesaurus

  • asinine — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely stupid or foolish. DERIVATIVES asininity noun. ORIGIN Latin asininus, from asinus ass …   English terms dictionary

  • asinine — [as′ə nīn΄] adj. [L asininus < asinus, ass] of or like an ass; esp., having qualities regarded as characteristic of asses; stupid, silly, obstinate, etc. SYN. SILLY asininely adv …   English World dictionary

  • asinine — adj. asinine to + inf. (it was asinine to behave like that) * * * [ æsɪnaɪn] asinine to + inf. (it was asinine to behave like that) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • asinine — asininely, adv. asininity /as euh nin i tee/, n. /as euh nuyn /, adj. 1. foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements. 2. of or like an ass: asinine obstinacy;… …   Universalium

  • asinine — [[t]æ̱sɪnaɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something or someone as asinine, you mean that they are very foolish. [FORMAL] I have never heard such an asinine discussion. Syn: idiotic, moronic …   English dictionary

  • asinine — adjective Etymology: Latin asininus, from asinus ass Date: 15th century 1. extremely or utterly foolish < an asinine excuse > 2. of, relating to, or resembling an ass Synonyms: see simple • asininely adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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