Definitions of SILLY [ˈsɪl i]

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Definition of 'SILLY'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) silly
weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish.

2.  silly
absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical.

3.  silly
stunned; dazed:
He knocked me silly.

4.  silly
Archaic. rustic; plain; homely.

5.  silly
Archaic. weak; helpless.

6.  silly
Obs. lowly in rank or state; humble.

7. (n.) silly
Informal. a silly or foolish person.

Etymology: (1375–1425; ME sely, orig., blessed, happy, guileless, OE gesaelig happy, der. of sael happiness; c. D zalig, G selig)

Definition of 'SILLY'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) silly
a word used for misbehaving children
"don't be a silly"

2. (adj) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
ludicrous, foolish
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"

3. (adj) airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
"a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

4. (adj) pathetic, ridiculous, silly
inspiring scornful pity
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

5. (adj) punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"

Definition of 'SILLY'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) silly
stupid and childish
Stop being silly now.; It'd be silly to give up now.

2. silly
unimportant
It's just a silly sticker - why get upset?

Definition of 'SILLY'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) SILLY
happy; fortunate; blessed

2. (noun) SILLY
harmless; innocent; inoffensive

3. (noun) SILLY
weak; helpless; frail

4. (noun) SILLY
rustic; plain; simple; humble

5. (noun) SILLY
weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman

6. (noun) SILLY
proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question

Translation of 'SILLY'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: foolish; not sensible Don't be so silly!; silly children.
Afrikaans: simpel	Arabic: سَخيف، ساذَج، أحْمَق	Bulgarian: глупав
Brazilian: tolo	Czech: hloupý	German: albern
Danish: tåbelig; fjollet	Greek: ανόητος	Spanish: tonto, bobo
Estonian: rumal	Farsi: نادان	Finnish: hupsu
French: bête, idiot	Hebrew: מְטוּפָּש	Hindi: अल्पबुद्धि
Croatian: budalast, luckast	Hungarian: ostoba	Indonesian: konyol
Icelandic: heimskur, kjánalegur	Italian: sciocco, stupido	Japanese: ばかな
Korean: 어리석은	Lithuanian: kvailas	Latvian: muļķīgs; muļķa-
Malay: bodoh	Dutch: dwaas	Norwegian: fjollet, tosket
Polish: głupi	Persian: نادان	Pashto: بيړا، ساده، كم عقل
Portuguese: tolo	Romanian: stupid, prost	Russian: глупый; неразумный
Slovak: hlúpy, pochabý	Slovenian: neumen	Serbian: blesav
Swedish: dum, enfaldig	Thai: โง่	Turkish: aptal, ahmak
Taiwanese: 愚蠢的	Ukrainian: дурний, недоумкуватий	Urdu: بے وقوف
Vietnamese: ngờ nghệch, ngớ ngẩn	Chinese: 傻的
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