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daft  (dft)

adj. daft·er, daft·est

1. Mad; crazy.

2. Foolish; stupid.

3. Scots Frolicsome.

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[Middle English dafte, foolish, from Old English gedæfte, meek.]

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daftly adv.

daftness n.

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daft [dɑːft]

adj Chiefly Brit

1. Informal foolish, simple, or stupid

2. a slang word for insane

3. Informal (postpositive; foll by about) extremely fond (of)

4. Slang frivolous; giddy

[Old English gedæfte gentle, foolish; related to Middle Low German ondaft incapable]

daftly  adv

daftness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

daft - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, crackers, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, loopy, fruity, barmy, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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daft

adjective (Informal, chiefly Brit.)

1. stupid, simple, crazy, silly, absurd, foolish, irrational, unwise, senseless, giddy, infantile, goofy, foolhardy, idiotic, inane, fatuous, loopy (informal), witless, crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), dopey (informal), puerile, imprudent (informal), scatty (Brit. informal), asinine, gonzo (slang), imbecilic, doolally (slang), off your head (informal), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), dumb-ass (slang), wacko or whacko (slang) I wasn't so daft as to believe him.

2. ridiculous, foolish, impractical, ludicrous, pointless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise, preposterous, laughable, farcical, illogical, unworkable, foolhardy, nonsensical, half-baked, fatuous, risible, ill-conceived, impracticable, hare-brained, dumb-ass (slang), cockamamie (slang, chiefly U.S.) Now there's a daft suggestion!

3. crazy, mad, mental (slang), touched, nuts (slang), barking (slang), crackers (Brit. slang), insane, lunatic, demented, nutty (slang), deranged, unhinged, round the bend (Brit. slang), barking mad (slang), not right in the head, not the full shilling (informal) It either sends you daft or kills you.

daft about enthusiastic about, mad about, crazy about (informal), doting on, besotted with, sweet on, nuts about (slang), potty about (Brit. informal), infatuated by, dotty about (slang, chiefly Brit.), nutty about (informal) He's just daft about her.

Translations

daft [dɑːft] ADJ (dafter (compar) (daftest (superl)))

1. (= silly) [person] → tonto, bobo, tarado(S. Cone) ; [idea, action, question] → tonto
don't be daft → no seas tonto or bobo
he's not as daft as he looks → no es tan tonto como parece
if you're daft enough to pay £600 → si eres tan bobo como para pagar 600 libras
the daft things some people do! → ¡hay que ver las estupideces que hace la gente!
to be daft in the head → estar mal de la cabeza, estar tocado del ala
to be as daft as a brush → ser más tonto que Abundio

2. (= crazy) to be daft about sb → estar loco por algn
he's daft about football → le apasiona el fútbol, el fútbol le vuelve loco

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daft [ˈdɑːft ˈdæft] adj

(= silly) → idiot(e)

(= crazy) to be daft about sb → être toqué(e) de qn
to be daft about sth → être mordu(e) de qch

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daft

adj (+er) → doof, blöd, bekloppt (all inf); daft in the head (inf) → blöd (inf), → bekloppt (inf); what a daft thing to do → so was Doofes or Blödes or Beklopptes (all inf); he’s daft about her/about football (inf) → er ist verrückt nach ihr/nach Fußball (inf); to go daft → verblöden; he’s daft enough to believe anything → er ist so blöd, er glaubt alles

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daft [dɑːft] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (fam) → sciocco/a
to be daft about sb → aver perso la testa per qn
to be daft about sth → andare pazzo/a per qc

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daft [dɑːft] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (fam) → sciocco/a
to be daft about sb → aver perso la testa per qn
to be daft about sth → andare pazzo/a per qc

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daft → أَحمَق pitomý tåbelig blöd κουτός bobo typerä bête budalast sciocco ばかな 어리석은 dwaas fjollet głupi tolo глупый fånig โง่ saf ngớ ngẩn 愚蠢的