idiotic

«idiotic» in Mova's school dictionary: Very stupid or silly; making no sense — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (idiotic, more idiotic, most idiotic)

meaning for a pupil

Very stupid or silly; making no sense. tree →

sense in the lessons

An informal, quite rude word for an idea, act or remark, not a polite way to describe a person. In stories characters call each other's plans idiotic when they argue, and Toad's schemes are often called idiotic by his friends.

examples

• That was an idiotic thing to do! tree →
• Jumping off the shed was an idiotic idea. tree →
• Rat thought Toad's plan to drive again was idiotic. tree →
• Stop asking idiotic questions and listen. tree →
• The Mad Hatter gave idiotic answers to every question. tree →
• It's idiotic to leave the gate open with the dog in the garden. tree →

note

Adjective from «idiot». Adverb: idiotically. It can hurt feelings, so describe the action, not the person («that was a silly idea», not «you are an idiot»). The old use of «idiot» for people with learning difficulties is now offensive.

In the corpora

• It's enough to drive one crazy!", calls him "perfectly idiotic", and goes in.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «idiotic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.