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   Daft

   /daft/

   

   adjective

   • 1. silly; foolish: informal British "don't ask such daft questions" Similar absurdpreposterousridiculousludicrousfarcicallaughablerisibleidioticstupidfoolishfoolhardyunwiseimprudentill-conceivedsillyinanepuerileinfantilefatuousimbecilicharebrainedhalf-bakedunreasonableirrationalillogicalnonsensicalpointlesssenselessimpracticableunworkableunrealisticpeculiaroddstrangequeerweirdeccentricbizarrefantasticincongruousgrotesqueinformal:crazycock-eyedbarmypottysimplemindedsimplestupididioticmoronicimbecilicdull-witteddulldimwittedslow-wittedslowwitlesshalfwittedfeeblemindeddunce-likecretinousempty-headedvacuousvapidderangedunhingedinsanemadinformal:touchedthickdimdopeydumbdozybirdbrainedpeabrainedpig-ignorantbovineslow on the uptakesoft in the headbrain-deadboneheadedlamebrainedchuckleheadeddunderheadedwooden-headedfat-headedmuttonheadednot all therenot quite rightcrazymentalnutsnuttycrackedcuckoobonkersdippynot the full shillingdottypottybattycrackersbarmythick as two short planksdumb-assOpposite sensible
   • ▪ infatuated with: informal British "we were all daft about him" Similar infatuated withenamored ofobsessed bysmitten withbesotted bydoting onvery fond ofinformal:crazywildmadnuttynutsgone oninformal, dated:sweet oninformal:potty

   Word Origin Old Englishgedæfte ‘mild, meek’, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gabadan ‘become or be fitting’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. daftness noun

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