Synonyms for asinine
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : as-uh-nahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæs əˌnaɪn |
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Définition of asinine
Origin :- c.1600, "obstinate, stupid," from Latin asininus "stupid," literally "like an ass," from asinus "ass," also "dolt, blockhead" (see ass (n.1)). The literal sense in English is recorded from 1620s.
- adj senseless
- Meddling with wildcat stocks––asinine any way you figure it!
- Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
- That's what I am—an undeserving, ungrateful, irresponsible, and asinine pup!
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- Without delay I began the preparations for the asinine journey.
- Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
- Why can not you keep quiet, instead of making your asinine remarks?
- Extract from : « Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I » by Various
- These equine and asinine glories have passed away, extinguished by the rail.
- Extract from : « Lancashire Folk-lore » by John Harland
- It was such an asinine thing, even as I had it shaped up in the beginning.
- Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde
- It was without a top, and had a pair of wide-spreading, asinine ears.
- Extract from : « Peter Parley's Own Story » by Samuel G. Goodrich
- "That sounds about as asinine as the droolings of the average psychiatrist," I muttered.
- Extract from : « The Chameleon Man » by William P. McGivern
- "It's asinine, if it's true," the professor voiced the other side of it.
- Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
- Some notes were refused with heroic, or shall I call it asinine endurance.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi » by Count Carlo Gozzi
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