"asinine" meaning in English

See asinine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæs.ɪ.naɪn/ [UK, US], /ˈæs.ə.naɪn/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-asinine.ogg , en-au-asinine.ogg Forms: more asinine [comparative], most asinine [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|asinīnus|t=of a donkey or ass}} Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
  1. Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: foolish, obstinate Translations (failing to exercise intelligence or judgment): أَبْلَه (ʔablah) [masculine] (Arabic), سَخِيف (saḵīf) [masculine] (Arabic), 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), dum (Danish), torsket (Danish), enfoldig (Danish), oerdom (Dutch), achterlijk (Dutch), typerä (Finnish), aasimainen (Finnish), asinin [masculine] (French), stupide [feminine, masculine] (French), dumm (German), dümmlich (German), dämlich (German), töricht (German), ostoba (Hungarian), 愚か (oroka) (Japanese), глуп (glup) [masculine] (Macedonian), toskete (Norwegian Bokmål), enfoldig (Norwegian Bokmål), stupid (Norwegian Bokmål), احمقانه (ahmaqâne) (Persian), debilny [masculine] (Polish), asinino (Portuguese), глу́пый (glúpyj) (Russian), деби́льный (debílʹnyj) (Russian), осли́ный (oslínyj) (Russian), estúpido (Spanish), åsnelik (Swedish), enfaldig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-asinine-en-adj-wVSGHPLz Disambiguation of Zoology: 35 65 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'failing to exercise intelligence or judgment': 99 1
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: donkeyish Translations (of or relating to a donkey): حِمَارِيّ (ḥimāriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), магарешки (magareški) (Bulgarian), ezelachtig (Dutch), aasi- (Finnish), aasin- (Finnish), aasimainen (Finnish), asinin (French), szamaras (Hungarian), szamárszerű (Hungarian), asinino [masculine] (Italian), asinīnus (Latin), мага́решки (magáreški) [masculine] (Macedonian), eselaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), ośli [masculine] (Polish), asinino (Portuguese), asnal (Portuguese), măgăresc (Romanian), осли́ный (oslínyj) (Russian), asnal (Spanish), asinino (Spanish), åsnelik (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-asinine-en-adj-9g1gHU7- Disambiguation of Zoology: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to a donkey': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asinary [obsolete], assy [informal] Derived forms: asininely, asinineness, asininity Related terms: asinicide

Alternative forms

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          "word": "愚蠢"
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          "roman": "ahmaqâne",
          "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
          "word": "احمقانه"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
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          "word": "debilny"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
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          "word": "глу́пый"
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          "word": "åsnelik"
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          "ref": "1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha, page 84:",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "word": "szamaras"
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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          "word": "asinino"
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
          "word": "asinīnus"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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          "word": "măgăresc"
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          "roman": "oslínyj",
          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔablah",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَبْلَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saḵīf",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَخِيف"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yúchǔn",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "愚蠢"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dum"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "torsket"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "enfoldig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "oerdom"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "achterlijk"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "typerä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "aasimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asinin"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "stupide"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dumm"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dümmlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dämlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "töricht"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "ostoba"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oroka",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "愚か"
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      "roman": "glup",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "toskete"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "enfoldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "stupid"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ahmaqâne",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "احمقانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "debilny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "asinino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glúpyj",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "глу́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "debílʹnyj",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "деби́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oslínyj",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "осли́ный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "estúpido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "åsnelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "enfaldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥimāriyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حِمَارِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "magareški",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "магарешки"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "ezelachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "aasi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "aasin-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "aasimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "szamaras"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "szamárszerű"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asinino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinīnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "magáreški",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мага́решки"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "eselaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ośli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "măgăresc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oslínyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "осли́ный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "åsnelik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asinine"
}

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