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" Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous."
Elmer Bernstein

Meaning of "asinine" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASININE

From Latin asinīnus, from asinusass1.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ASININE

ˈæsɪˌnaɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASININE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asinine is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASININE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of asinine in the English dictionary

The definition of asinine in the dictionary is obstinate or stupid. Other definition of asinine is resembling an ass.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASININE

arginine · benign · buteonine · canine · falconine · Fescennine · hominine · leonine · nine · nine-nine-nine · oscinine · pavonine · pennine · pyronine · ranine · saponine · saturnine · solanine · vespertilionine · vireonine

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASININE

asiago · Asian · Asian flu · Asian pear · Asian semi-longhair · Asian shorthair · Asian-American · Asiatic · Asiatic beetle · Asiatic black bear · Asiatic buffalo · Asiatic cholera · aside · aside from · Asimov · Asimovian · asinico · asininely · asininity

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASININE

adenine · alanine · antifeminine · conine · cotinine · creatinine · feminine · gelseminine · guanine · hydrastinine · methionine · mezzanine · on cloud nine · phenylalanine · quinine · sixty-nine · threonine · triiodothyronine · ultrafeminine · unfeminine

Synonyms and antonyms of asinine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASININE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «asinine» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «asinine» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ASININE

Find out the translation of asinine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of asinine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asinine» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

愚蠢
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

asnal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

asinine
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गदहे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أبله
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ослиный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

asinino
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

গর্দভের
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

idiot
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Asinine
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

idiotisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

愚かな
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

나귀
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Asinine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngu si
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டாள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एसिनाइन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

eşekçe
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

stupido
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ośli
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ослиний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

asinine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαϊδούρινος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asinine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åsnelikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

asinine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asinine

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASININE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of asinine
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asinine

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «ASININE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word asinine.
1
Elmer Bernstein
Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.
2
Jimmy Swaggart
I get amazed, I can't look at it but about 10 seconds, at these politicians dancing around this, dancing around this, I'm trying to find a correct name for it, this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASININE»

Discover the use of asinine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asinine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
50% Wool, 50% Asinine: An Argyle Sweater Collection
Now, cartoonist Scott Hilburn has collected the best of his 2009 strips in 50% Wool, 50% Asinine.
Hilburn, Scott, 2010
2
Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for the Online Homework ...
Mindsploitation uses such questions as a launching pad for wildly entertaining comedic exchanges. The 50 assignments in this book hilariously explore self-help, spirituality, family, health, diet, pop culture, love, and more.
Vernon Chatman, 2013
3
Asinine Advertising: How Stupid And Unethical Advertising ...
This book provides guidance for the reader who wants to avoid the costly mistakes of other marketers and to spot the phony offers and dishonest operators.
Herschell Gordon Lewis, 2008
4
The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and ...
that the attorney was “disqualified for cause from this action for submitting this asinine tripe.” Imagine that you are a young (or not-so-young) lawyer with a case before Kent. Now imagine that you want to advance a novel claim or make an ...
Steven Lubet, 2008
5
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical ...
14 Winning and Fighting Well "Asinine Ethics" Chairman Mao and the Battle of the River Hung In the year 638 B.C., during the period of China's history known as the Spring and Autumn Era, the two feudal states of Sung and Ch'u fought a ...
Michael Walzer, 2006
6
Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
8 ASININE ASININE to be asinine. For your actions or utterances to reflect your stupidity or bad judgment. WNNCD: 1610. Source: ASS. WNNCD: O.E. To be asinine is to behave like an ass (Lat. asinus) — i.e., like a donkey (ca. 1785).
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
7
Asinine Love Poetry
Love means having to buy something nice every once in a while So, the wife wants you to be more romantic?
The Editors of Asinine Poetry Com, 2005
8
Manage People, Not Personnel: Motivation and Performance ...
5. Asinine. Attitudes. toward. Motivation. Harry. Levinson. In spite of the corporate efforts to promote smooth management- employee relations, events like these continue to happen: The top management of a large manufacturing company ...
‎1990
9
Latin Fiction
Thereafter, he passes from one usually cruel master to another, reacting, in his mind at least, humanly and humanely to various outrages and castigating the humans whose depraved behaviour his seemingly dumb asinine guise allows him to ...
Heinz Hofmann, 2004
10
The Frankensteinization, Draculafiction and Lust Temptation ...
5. Stupid. Asinine. Sign. of. Prophet. Jonah. When challenged by the Pharisees and sceptics to show his authority and pedigree as a prophet, Jesus became really angry and very nasty. He rained curses and invectives, but later relented and ...
Jim K K Wong

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASININE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asinine is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Was Quicho's 'asinine babble' publishable?
I therefore ask Tan, should the Inquirer not have published Quicho's babble for being palpably asinine or “baseless” in light of hornbook law? «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
10 Degrees: First-half awards feature Max Scherzer as king of the hill
If this weren't so asinine, so completely wrongheaded, so ridiculously unnecessary, it might actually be true. Cool joke.) Harvey's return from ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
3
After Network Pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard', Actor Kevin Sorbo Has Some …
... was made earlier this week, while 2016 Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz called the decision “utterly asinine.”. «IJ Review, Jul 15»
4
Greece votes 'No.' Grexit, 'Plan Z' to follow?
We know this when we hear pronouncements such as the Greek Finance Minister's asinine yet sweepingly confident declaration noted earlier ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
5
Aashamsakalode Anna
And there is an actor like Madhu who is totally wasted in an asinine role of a grandfather cum politician, that could have been essayed by any ... «Nowrunning, Jul 15»
6
HUDNELL: Time for the hypocrisy to end, let Rose back in
The moral of this piece is that I believe it is asinine a player like Pete Rose is still banned from the game of baseball because he was caught ... «Daily Local News, Jul 15»
7
Ted Cruz: 'Asinine' to pull reruns of 'The Dukes of Hazzard'
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Sen. Ted Cruz said Saturday that it is "asinine" that TV Land pulled "The Dukes of Hazzard" after widespread calls for the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
Clarence Thomas – “Slaves Did Not Lose Dignity”, George Takei …
Willful stupidity and asinine comments from those who should know better – like Clarence Thomas – can turn a saint into a raging maniac. «Ring of Fire, Jul 15»
9
Total Nonstop Asinine Vol. 6: You Cannot Invade Yourself
I had a feeling I would have to write at least one more of these, but I expected it to come at least a month from the last one. A week ago. But no. «Cageside Seats, Jul 15»
10
Making sense of terrorism and IS
Barton believes the answer to radicalisation is to work with Muslim communities, rather than alienate them with asinine campaigns against ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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