Synonyms for asinine
ˈæs əˌnaɪnasi·nine

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1. asinineadjective

   Failing to exercise intelligence or judgment; ridiculously below average rationality.

   Synonyms:
   obstinate, foolish

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1. asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuousadjective

   devoid of intelligence

   Synonyms:
   unmindful, fatuous, hollow, vacuous, mindless, reasonless, senseless, forgetful, blank, empty, inane

   Antonyms:
   wise

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1. List of paraphrases for "asinine":

   stupid

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1. Alexis Templeton:

   I am desensitized to things like that, but it has been happening to black lives for so long, if there is no video, folks don't believe it because it sounds so asinine that something like this would ever happen in this country. But with a video, you can't say it's not happening.

2. Daniel Lebensohn:

   I know that sounds asinine.

3. Duncan Lemp:

   I understand that there is a pandemic going around, but we really need to realize that some of the measures they are putting into place are asinine, are ridiculous.

4. Carrie Fisher:

   She's a prisoner of a giant testicle who has a lot of saliva going on and she does not want to wear that thing and it's ultimately that chain, which you're now indicating is some sort of accessory to SM, that is used to kill the giant saliva testicle, that's asinine.

5. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters:

   I've been doing this for over 30 years. This is the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make -- totally unwarranted, it's an absolute tragedy in the year 2015 that anyone would behave in this manner. It was senseless.