дурной

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *durьnъ. By surface analysis, дурь (durʹ) +‎ -но́й (-nój).

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Adjective

дурно́й (durnój) (comparative (по)дурне́е or (по)дурне́й)

  1. foolish, stupid
    Synonym: глу́пый (glúpyj)
    Antonym: у́мный (úmnyj)
  2. bad
    Synonym: плохо́й (ploxój)
    Antonym: хоро́ший (xoróšij)
  3. ugly
    Synonym: некраси́вый (nekrasívyj)
    Antonym: краси́вый (krasívyj)
  4. reprehensible
    Synonym: нехоро́ший (nexoróšij)
    Antonym: до́брый (dóbryj)

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дурной”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress