sheer stupidity

  • 1stupidity — n. 1) to display stupidity 2) sheer stupidity 3) the height of stupidity 4) stupidity to + inf. (it was sheer stupidity to believe him) 5) stupidity that + clause (it was sheer stupidity that he decided to drop out of school) * * * [stjuː pɪdɪtɪ] …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 2stupidity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, crass (BrE), incredible, plain, sheer, utter ▪ It s hard to know if it s corruption or just plain stupidity by the authorities. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 3sheer — 01. The rock climber was able to go up a [sheer] wall of rock using only the most basic equipment. 02. Drinking and driving is [sheer] stupidity, and it puts others needlessly at risk. 03. The woman was wearing a [sheer] black nightgown with… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 4sheer — sheer1 [ʃıə US ʃır] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old Norse skArr pure ] 1.) the sheer weight/size etc used to emphasize that something is very heavy, large etc the sheer weight/size etc of ▪ The sheer size of the country makes… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5sheer — 1 adjective 1 sheer luck/happiness/stupidity etc luck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it: It was sheer bliss not having to get up. | sheer hypocrisy 2 the sheer weight/size etc of used to emphasize how heavy, big etc… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6sheer — adj. Sheer is used with these nouns: ↑abundance, ↑accident, ↑agony, ↑amazement, ↑annoyance, ↑arrogance, ↑beauty, ↑bliss, ↑boredom, ↑bravado, ↑breadth, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 7sheer idiocy — complete stupidity …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 8sheer nonsense — total stupidity, illogical information …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9Spanish profanity — Joder redirects here. For the community in Nebraska, see Joder, Nebraska. This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referred to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words),… …

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  • 10ἐμβροντησία — ἐμβροντησίᾱ , ἐμβροντησία sheer stupidity fem nom/voc/acc dual ἐμβροντησίᾱ , ἐμβροντησία sheer stupidity fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)