English to French Meaning of asinine - idiot

Asinine :

idiot

adjective

idiot, insensé, brumeux, imbécile

Asinine :: idiotAsininely :: asininely

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Definitions of asinine in English

Adjective(1) extremely silly or stupid

Examples of asinine in English

(1) That statement is so asinine as not to deserve any response from me.(2) It's absolutely asinine to spend three hours out of your day traveling to and from work.(3) He earned the dough to bring this asinine concept to life, and has even recruited some heavy hitters to nurture it.(4) Have you heard anything as asinine as that before?(5) I dislike the music, find the plots to be asinine and chauvinistic, and hate the predictable and unrealistically cheerful endings.(6) Shows insist on running asinine competitions to check that their listeners are awake and tuned in (and to harvest phone numbers for marketing purposes).(7) Now, allow me to explain why the preceding statements are so utterly asinine .(8) I have to admit, with a heavy heart, that when I originally read about the new villains, I thought they sounded asinine , with daft names and even dafter looks.(9) Needless to say, this was an asinine decision for three reasons.(10) However, all of his blind, asinine nonsense was going to be put to an end.(11) His few political interventions are puerile and his forays abroad - to Australia, Orkney, Israel - are, well, asinine .(12) Now this was asinine enough to get him some serious humiliation.(13) It is the most perfectly asinine closing statement I think I have ever heard by a ├ö├ç├┐professional├ö├ç├û writer.(14) He had asked for some time off to help promote his CD, which was, you know, incredibly asinine to do at the beginning of the season.(15) The writing is worse than asinine , and the direction assumes an audience who won't get the jokes unless they are battered with them for several minutes.(16) Each interview conducted by a HR specialist was asinine in the extreme, without exception.

(1) set aside ::

mettre de côté

(2) put aside ::

mettre de côté

(3) aside from ::

à part

(4) step aside ::

écartez vous

(5) cast aside ::

mettre de côté

(6) move aside ::

déplace-toi sur le côté

(7) lay aside ::

mettre de côté

(8) stand aside ::

rester à l'écart

(9) brush aside ::

écarter

(10) push aside ::

écarter

Synonyms

Adjective

1. stupid ::

stupide

2. foolish ::

insensé

3. brainless ::

sans cervelle

4. mindless ::

stupide

5. senseless ::

insensé

6. idiotic ::

idiot

8. ridiculous ::

ridicule

9. ludicrous ::

ridicule

10. absurd ::

absurde

11. nonsensical ::

absurde

12. fatuous ::

stupide

13. silly ::

idiot

14. inane ::

inepte

15. witless ::

stupide

16. empty-headed ::

écervelé

19. dumb ::

stupide

Antonyms

1. judicious ::

judicieux

2. prudent ::

prudent

3. sagacious ::

sagace

4. sage ::

sauge

5. sane ::

sain

6. sapient ::

sage

7. sensible ::

sensible

8. sound ::

du son

9. wise ::

sage

Different Forms

asinine, asininely

Word Example from TV Shows

...one ASININE comment, one lonely man and his chicken...

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 15

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