Dictionary Definition
silly adj
1 pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a
cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly
idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany, unreasonable]
2 lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a
dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn:
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed,
featherbrained,
giddy, light-headed,
lightheaded]
3 inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent
and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in
years"- Dashiell Hammett [syn: pathetic, ridiculous]
4 dazed from or as if from repeated blows;
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" [syn:
punch-drunk,
slaphappy] n : a word
used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" [also: silliest, sillier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Phonetic variant of seely.Pronunciation
- /'/
- /'sIlI/
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- Rhymes: -ɪli
Adjective
- foolish, showing a
lack of good sense and wisdom.
- I made a very silly mistake.
- irresponsible,
showing irresponsible behaviors.
- What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble.
- playful, giggly.
- The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.
- half-conscious.
- The impact of the ball knocked him silly.
- of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
- simple, not intelligent, refined.
- John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.
Translations
foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom
irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors
- Finnish: hölmö, ajattelematon, vastuuton
- Japanese: 馬鹿な, 阿呆な
playful, giggly
- Finnish: hassu
- German: albern
- Japanese: つまらない
- Russian: глупышка
half-conscious
- Finnish: sekava
cricket: of a fielding position, very close to
the batsman; closer than short
pejorative: simple, not intelligent, refined
- Finnish: yksinkertainen, hölmö
- Japanese: 馬鹿な, 阿呆な, 愚鈍な
Extensive Definition
Silly, in addition to its dictionary definitions,
may refer to:
- Silly, Belgium, a town in Belgium.
- Silly (band), an East German rock group from the 1970s.
silly in German: Silly
silly in French: Silly
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, balmy, batty, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, benumbed, besotted, blockhead, bonehead, booby, brainless, buffoonish, catchpenny, childish, clod, clot, cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, daze, dazed, dazzled, dippy, dizzy, dolt, dope, dopey, doting, drip, dumb, dummy, dunce, empty, empty-headed, fatuitous, fatuous, featherbrained, flaky, flighty, flimsy, fond, fool, foolhardy, foolheaded, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fuddled, futile, gaga, giddy, goofy, goose, groggy, gulled, harebrained, idiot, idiotic, idle, ignoramus, ignorant, illogical, imbecile, imbecilic, in a daze, inane, inept, infatuated, insane, irrational, irresponsible, jackass, jerk, knocked silly, kooky, laughable, light, light-headed, loony, ludicrous, mad, maudlin, mazed, moronic, muzzy, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, nonsensical, nugacious, nugatory, numskull, nutty, off, otiose, pointless, poppycockish, preposterous, puerile, punch-drunk, punchy, rattlebrained, ridiculous, risible, rubbishy, sappy, scatterbrained, screwy, senseless, sentimental, shallow, silly Billy, silly ass,
simpleton,
skimble-skamble, slaphappy, slender, slight, stunned, stupefied, stupid, superficial, thoughtless, trashy, trifling, trite, trivial, twaddling, twaddly, twit, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, unwitty, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky, weak-minded, wet, windy, witless, woozy