adjective
stupid
Extremely large or intense.
The concert tickets cost a stupid amount of money.
Etymology
The ordinary negative adjective is repurposed as a slang intensifier. An amount can be called stupid when it seems beyond sensible or ordinary limits.
More examples
- That car has stupid power.
- They paid stupid prices for the seats.
- The game earned stupid money.
Forms
stupid · more stupid · most stupid
Similar words
- absurd
- More clearly suggests excess beyond what is reasonable.