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ADJECTIVE silly COMPARATIVE sillier SUPERLATIVE silliest

silly English

Meaning silly meaning

What does silly mean?

Definitions in simple English

silly Adjective

— If something is silly, it shows that somebody didn't think about it carefully. Sometimes I called her "Mommy Ruby", even if it sounded silly. People get excited about the silliest things. "Do you remember?" "What a silly question! Of course I remember." — If something is silly, it's not important or serious. I was making silly little jokes and she was laughing. — If you are silly, you don't think about things carefully or you are not serious. Sometimes it's hard to believe how silly students can be. The photoshopped pictures of blake griffin were so silly

silly

— adjective (= cockamamie, goofy, wacky, whacky) ludicrous, foolish gave me a cockamamie reason for not going wore a goofy hat a silly idea some wacky plan for selling more books — adjective (= dizzy, light-headed, lightheaded) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity a dizzy blonde light-headed teenagers silly giggles — noun a word used for misbehaving children don't be a silly — adjective (= slaphappy) dazed from or as if from repeated blows knocked silly by the impact slaphappy with exhaustion — adjective inspiring scornful pity how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years — Dashiell Hammett

Synonyms silly synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as silly?

silly English » English

foolish stupid idiotic dull fool dumb absurd senseless nonsensical crazy goofy inane imbecile idiot daft clumsy simple ridiculous meaningless mad light-headed ignorant giddy unwise sappy nonsense empty-headed childish awkward zany wacky simpleton simple-minded sheepish obtuse lightheaded insane inept half-witted frivolous featherbrained dizzy dim-witted brainless airheaded addled witless whacky unintelligent trifling

Topics silly topics

What do people use silly to talk about?

Language and thought Think Mind

Stupid

What words describe a person who does not think well?

asinine blind brainless crass crazy daft delirious demented dense dim dizzy doltish dull dull-witted dumb fanatical fatuous foolish harebrained idiotic inane ingenuous insane insensitive irrational lumpish moronic naive nonsensical obtuse retarded senile senseless silly simple slow slow-witted stupid thick thickheaded undiscerning unimaginative unperceptive unsound witless lacking in intelligence mentally lazy

Language and thought Communication

Foolish talk

What words describe foolish talk?

foolish meaningless silly stupid

Social behavior Social activity

Humor

What words describe something that is humorous?

humorous funny hilarious hysterical silly comical ludicrous amusing comic absurd facetious droll laughable zany

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Mature in behavior

Immature in behavior

What words describe something someone does that is immature?

immature childish infantile juvenile puerile silly

Examples silly examples

How do I use silly in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It is a silly practice for non-Christians to send chocolates on St. Valentine's Day.

I have no faith in a silly superstition.

Can you imagine how silly that would look?

Don't be silly. You're in enough trouble already.

Don't you think that's a little silly?

Tom told Mary to stop asking silly questions.

I need to ask you a silly question.

His parents' view was that he was wasting his earnings on a silly girl.

How can you say such a silly thing?

Don't worry about such a silly thing.

How silly of me!

In fact, he looked silly.

The students bothered the teacher with silly questions.

Don't be silly.

Come on, don't be silly.

This is silly!

It was silly of you to trust them.

I'm ashamed to ask you such a silly question.

I don't dare ask such a silly question.

We'll do away with all these silly rules as soon as we can.

I can't stand that silly woman.

It was silly of you to make such a mistake.

I can not stand that kind of silly music.

Movie subtitles

Silly girl. it's been two days and not even an ant came?

You talk silly.

Someone's been playing silly buggers.

Oh, Evan, don't be silly. You're half drunk.

That would just sound silly, Henry.

Why would it sound silly?

They fritter away much too much time on these silly road trips.

And you didn't think this was a good idea, you silly goose.

No, that would be silly.

You don't think I'd believe a silly story like that, do you?

It's silly to worry, isn't it? You're gone today and here tomorrow.

How silly of me.

That's silly of me.

That's silly.

You must take me for a dolt, ignorant of life, naive and silly.

Don't be silly!

That's silly. Let me see.

Yes, how silly.

This silly joke has gone far enough.

Don't be so silly!

But, darling, I could never have said anything so silly. I couldn't.

So, you see how silly that rumour is.

You're not going to print this silly thing?

Don't you think it's silly to think of living there when we have this big house?

Silly!

You're silly!

He's silly.

And you are silly.

Yes, I'm silly.

Lovers? Don't be silly, Billy.

Of course, silly.

HA HA! THE SILLY ASS.

News and current affairs

Obama has a first-rate group of economists on his side, which ensures that he will not do anything silly.

Indeed, when US equity prices reached astronomical levels in the late 1990s, the pundits and investment bankers trotted out their silly explanations and theories.

Unfortunately, the new law - hastily enacted at the last minute of the previous legislature - has a silly formulation that does not guarantee an equally safe majority in the Senate.

I believe that it is time we demanded that the media stop scaring us and our kids silly.

Indeed, if one is concerned with a country's long-run debt, as one should be, such deficit fetishism is particularly silly, since the higher growth resulting from these public investments will generate more tax revenues.

This is as silly as contending that antiretroviral drugs won't work in the region, and that treating HIV is all a giant plot on the part of big pharmaceutical companies.

Remove constraints on what politicians can do, he implied, and all you will get are silly interventions that throttle markets and stall the engine of economic growth.

Banning the light bulb because candle makers would lose their jobs strikes almost everyone as a silly idea.

It is a silly and baseless fear, but that is how modern regulators think and act - in a state of constant, irrational anxiety.

Moscow liberals, initially treating the performance as silly, saw the threat of prison as inappropriate and the proceedings of the court as Kafkaesque and demented.

To worry about the composition of demand is silly; it only complicates the algebra.

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