silly, punch-drunk, slaphappy
(adjective) dazed from or as if from repeated blows; “knocked silly by the impact”; “slaphappy with exhaustion”; “punch-drunk with love”
pathetic, ridiculous, silly
(adjective) inspiring scornful pity; “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years”- Dashiell Hammett
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
(adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; “a dizzy blonde”; “light-headed teenagers”; “silly giggles”
goofy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
(adjective) ludicrous, foolish; “wore a goofy hat”; “a silly idea”; “some wacky plan for selling more books”
silly
(noun) a word used for misbehaving children; “don’t be a silly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
(of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
(chiefly, Scottish, obsolete) Blessed, particularly:
Good; pious.
Holy.
(now, chiefly, Scottish and northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
(now, literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
(now, literary) Helpless, defenseless.
Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly, Scottish) especially with regard to land quality.
Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
Sickly; feeble; infirm.
(now, rural UK, rare) Simple, plain, particularly:
Rustic, homely.
(obsolete) Lowly, of humble station.
Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
(obsolete) Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.
Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
(Scottish) Mentally retarded.
Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
(cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
Silly is usually taken to imply a less serious degree of foolishness, mental impairment, or hilarity than its synonyms.
The sense meaning stupefied is usually restricted to times when silly is used as a verb complement, denoting that the action is done so severely or repetitively that it leaves one senseless.
• (playful): charming
• Also see foolish
• (playful): pious
silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
(now, regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
silly (plural sillies)
(colloquial) A silly person.
(affectionate, gently pejorative) A term of address.
(colloquial) A mistake.
• silyl, slily, yills
Source: Wiktionary
Sil"ly, a. [Compar. Sillier; superl. Silliest.] Etym: [OE. seely, sely, AS. s, ges, happy, good, fr. s, s, good, happy, s good fortune, happines; akin to OS. salig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG. salig, Icel. s, Sw. säll, Dan. salig, Goth. s good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire, Gr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n.]
1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly, innocent Custance." Chaucer. The silly virgin strove him to withstand. Spenser. A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.] After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore. Spenser. The silly buckets on the deck. Coleridge.
4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.] A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. Shak. All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. Milton.
5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Syn.
– Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
