daft
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5.8
- adjective
- /dæft/
- Informal
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- He made a daft decision to wear a swimsuit in the snow.
- think he's daft
- so daft
- a bit daft
There's just some really daft movies out there.
- There's just some really daft movies out there.
- And we're in one of his daft shops in town and he spied this parka.
- And like I say, we're, we're both daft.
- Those people weren't just daft, they'd fallen into a mental trap.
- And to take stuff that doesn't work, that could be counterproductive and sometimes harmful is, is a daft delusion.
- Yeah, so it's not actually the post, Albeit I do agree some people have been jailed for post because they wrote stupid, daft, illegal things.
- I would never thought that I was just some I was just some daft Highlander, you know, going to these competitions that like to have fun.
- And so we now know that it's not completely daft to imagine that there could be some sort of exotic quantum effect going on in the brain.
- I just, I'm a daft lad from Newcastle who's been lucky enough to, to follow his dream and is living out his dream type of thing and does a job that he wants to do.
- Don't listen to these daft pig bastards Claudia.
- It's sort of portrays the people involved as being daft.
- You grew your fault when by being funny daft.
- And it doesn't always need to be like some separation thing like, Oh, yeah, we've say I don't daft example, but like, yeah, we'll do a sports day.
- Seems a bit but daft, but do you know what it's your duty as as your friend.
- You can get things in your head which are just daft because I found that I found someone that was exactly the same size as Stephen Lawrence.
Examples
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I must be daft, worrying about all this.
Fiction book (1990) -
Are you daft or what?
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No, no no this is daft.
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Before life gets any more daft.
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"Just tell me why you are acting so daft."
Fiction book (1994) -
Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on the swamp.
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There's just some really daft movies out there.
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They told me I was daft to even ask.
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- Don't be daft, Kelly.
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Yeah, but these daft schemes to conceal the cost never work.
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Synonyms
976
1.0
Not sensible and often a little foolish
129
3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
98
5.9
Odd in a funny or silly way
58
8.2
Strange and silly in a way people call crazy
55
7.2
Being a little crazy in a funny or strange way
26
8.0
Slightly strange in a funny, pleasant way
17
7.9
A person who behaves in a slightly crazy or silly way
10
8.6
Used informally to describe someone who behaves in a strange or silly way
6
8.4
Slightly strange in the way a person thinks or behaves
5
8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
5
8.2
Being silly and a little strange in a friendly way
3
8.2
Being silly and slightly crazy in a way that seems funny and harmless
2
8.5
Someone who behaves in a slightly strange or silly way
1
7.2
Being silly and forgetful but not serious
1
8.4
Acting silly and slightly crazy in a harmless way
1
8.9
A little silly in a harmless, often funny way
1
8.1
Mentally confused and behaving wildly
1
9.3
To be very confused or act in a strange way
1
9.9
Feeling silly and cheerful in a light, slightly confused way
1
7.7
Funny in a strange or silly way
1
8.4
Being a little crazy or foolish
1
9.9
Not behaving in a normal or sensible way
1
8.1
Acting strange or not thinking clearly
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
Acting silly and playful in a slightly strange but friendly way
Strange in a funny or slightly crazy way
A little strange and silly
Someone who acts a little crazy
Acting or feeling very strange
Very crazy or doing things that show bad judgment
A bit crazy or silly in a strange way
Acting very silly and not thinking in a sensible way
Acting in a silly, slightly stupid way that is often funny
Not very sensible or aware of simple things
Silly in a light, playful way
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Daft comes from an Old English word gedæfte that meant 'tame' or 'gentle'. Over time that idea of being a little 'soft' turned into acting 'silly' or foolish, so daft now means 'silly'.