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asinine adjective [ ˈasɪnʌɪn ]

• extremely stupid or foolish.
• "Lydia ignored his asinine remark"
Similar: stupid, foolish, pointless, brainless, mindless, senseless, doltish, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, insane, lunatic, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous, nonsensical, fatuous, silly, childish, infantile, puerile, immature, juvenile, inane, witless, half-baked, empty-headed, unintelligent, half-witted, slow-witted, weak-minded, crazy, dumb, cretinous, moronic, damfool, divvy, daft, gormless, glaikit, dumb-ass, chowderheaded, dof, dotish,
Opposite: intelligent,
Origin: late 15th century: from Latin asininus, from asinus ‘ass’.


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