idiotic

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adjective

Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.

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stupidnonsensicalidiotishcrackbrainedinsaneabsurdcockeyedderisory
OriginEnglish idiot ← Middle English ydiote ← Old French idiote →
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Meanings

adjectiveidiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)

comparative more idiotic · superlative most idiotic · alternative idiotick

  1. Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
  2. Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish

    Everyone else shifted uncomfortably as this guy continued his derisive laughter and proclaimed my quest the most idiotic thing he'd heard in his life.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131

    Synonyms: stupid, nonsensical

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the quality of idiocy; very foolish

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stupidnonsensical
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idiotish

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveinsanely irresponsible

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crackbrainedinsane

adjectiveso unreasonable as to invite derision

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absurdcockeyedderisorylaughableludicrousnonsensicalpreposterousridiculousfoolish

adjectivehaving a mental age of three to seven years

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imbecileimbecilicretarded
Also see
absurdcockeyedcrackbrainedcretinousdaftderisoryduffle-headeddumbfoolishgoofyhalf-bakedidioticalidiotisticimbecileimbecilicinsaneintellectually challengedlaughableludicrousnittynitwittednonsensicalpreposterousretardedridiculousstupid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéd-yo-s
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hwédios
  4. Ancient Greekἴδιος (ídios)
  5. Ancient Greekἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)
  6. Latinidiota
  7. Old Frenchidiote
  8. Middle Englishydiote
  9. Englishidiot
  10. Englishidiotic

From idiot + -ic.

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Translations

Ancient Greek βεβρός
  • βεβρός (bebrós)having the quality of idiocy
Arabic عَبِيط
  • عَبِيط (ʕabīṭ)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Bengali মূর্খ, মূর্খ
  • মূর্খ (murkho)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • মূর্খ (murkho)having the quality of idiocy
Catalan idiota
  • idiotahaving the quality of idiocy
Chinese Mandarin 白痴的, 愚蠢的
  • 白痴的 (báichī)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • 愚蠢的 (yúchǔn de)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Czech idiotský
  • idiotskýpertaining to or resembling an idiot
Danish idiotisk, idiotisk
  • idiotiskpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotiskhaving the quality of idiocy
  • dumhaving the quality of idiocy
Dutch idioot
  • idioothaving the quality of idiocy
Esperanto idiota, idiota
  • idiotapertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotahaving the quality of idiocy
Finnish idioottimainen, idioottimainen
  • idioottimainenpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idioottimainenhaving the quality of idiocy
French idiot, stupide
  • idiotpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • stupidepertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotiquepertaining to or resembling an idiot
German idiotisch, blöd
  • idiotischpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • blödpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotischhaving the quality of idiocy
Hindi मूर्ख, अहमक़
  • मूर्ख (mūrkh)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • अहमक़ (ahmaq)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Indonesian bodoh, goblok
  • bodohpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • goblokpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • tololpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiothaving the quality of idiocy
Japanese 馬鹿な
  • 馬鹿な (baka na)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Latvian idiotisks, idiotisks
  • idiotiskspertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotiskshaving the quality of idiocy
Māori hukehuke, rūrūwai
  • hukehukepertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • rūrūwaipertaining to or resembling an idiot
Persian احمق
  • احمق (ahmaq)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Polish idiotowaty, idiotyczny
  • idiotowatypertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotycznyhaving the quality of idiocy
Portuguese idiótico, idiota
  • idióticopertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotahaving the quality of idiocy
Russian идио́тский, дура́цкий
  • идио́тский (idiótskij)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • дура́цкий (duráckij)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
Spanish idiótico, idiota
  • idióticopertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotahaving the quality of idiocy
Swedish idiotisk, idiotisk
  • idiotiskpertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • idiotiskhaving the quality of idiocy
  • dumhaving the quality of idiocy
Turkish saçma, salakça
  • saçmapertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • salakçapertaining to or resembling an idiot
Urdu مورکھ, احمق
  • مورکھ (mūrkh)pertaining to or resembling an idiot
  • احمق (ahmaq)pertaining to or resembling an idiot

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with idiotic

eroticexoticaquaticantibioticchaoticasymptoticnarcotichypnoticneuroticbioticsymbioticosmoticamnioticprobioticsemioticdespoticoticquixoticsclerotichomoeroticheterotichomeoticautoeroticNilotic
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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