silly

sil·ly  (sl)

adj. sil·li·er, sil·li·est

1. Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See Synonyms at foolish.

2. Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.

3. Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact.

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[Middle English seli, silli, blessed, innocent, hapless, from Old English gesælig, blessed.]

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silli·ly (sl-l) adv.

silli·ness n.

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. lacking in good sense; absurd

2. frivolous, trivial, or superficial

3. feeble-minded

4. dazed, as from a blow

5. Obsolete homely or humble

n

1. (Team Sports / Cricket) (modifier) Cricket (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket silly mid-on

2. pl -lies Also called silly-billy Informal a foolish person

[C15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English sǣlig (unattested) happy, from sǣl happiness; related to Gothic sēls good]

silliness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
Adj.	1.	silly - ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
	2.	silly - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" empty-headed, featherbrained, airheaded, dizzy, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
	3.	silly - inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett ridiculous, pathetic undignified - lacking dignity
	4.	silly - dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" punch-drunk, slaphappy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

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silly

adjective

1. stupid, ridiculous, absurd, daft, inane, childish, immature, senseless, frivolous, preposterous, giddy, goofy (informal), idiotic, dozy (Brit. informal), fatuous, witless, puerile, brainless, asinine, dumb-ass (slang), cockamamie (slang, chiefly U.S.), dopy (slang) That's a silly thing to say.
stupid smart, clever, intelligent, serious, aware, bright, acute, reasonable, mature, profound, sane, perceptive

2. foolish, stupid, unwise, inappropriate, rash, irresponsible, reckless, foolhardy, idiotic, thoughtless, imprudent, inadvisable Don't go doing anything silly, now, will you?
foolish wise, sensible, prudent, thoughtful, well-thought-out

3. senseless, stupid, numb, into oblivion, groggy, stupefied, into a stupor Right now the poor old devil's drinking himself silly.

noun

(Informal) fool, idiot, twit (informal), goose (informal), clot (Brit. informal), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), duffer (informal), simpleton, ignoramus, nitwit (informal), ninny, silly-billy (informal), dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), nerd or nurd (slang) Come on, silly, we'll miss all the fun.

Translations

silly [ˈsɪlɪ] ADJ (sillier (compar) (silliest (superl))) (= stupid) [person] → tonto, bobo, sonso or zonzo(LAm); [act, idea] → absurdo; (= ridiculous) → ridículo
how silly of me!; silly me! → ¡qué tonto or bobo soy!
that was silly of you; that was a silly thing to do → eso que hiciste fue muy tonto or bobo, fue una tontería or estupidez por tu parte
don't be silly → no seas tonto or bobo
I feel silly in this hat → me siento ridículo con este sombrero
to knock sb silly → dar una paliza a algn
the blow knocked him silly → el golpe le dejó tonto or sin sentido
to laugh o.s. silly → desternillarse de risa
you look silly carrying that fish → pareces tonto llevando ese pez
to make sb look silly → poner a algn en ridículo
silly season → temporada f boba, canícula f
I've done a silly thing → he hecho una tontería, he sido un tonto

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silly [ˈsɪli] adj [person] → stupide; [remark, question, mistake, idea, game, joke] → stupide; [hat] → bête
Don't be silly → Ne sois pas stupide.
to look silly in sth [+ clothes] → avoir l'air bête avec qch
You do look silly in that hat → Tu as l'air vraiment bête avec ce chapeau.
to do something silly → faire une bêtise
to drink o.s. silly → boire comme un trou
to laugh o.s. silly → rire comme un bossu
silly season (British) n (JOURNALISM) the silly season → le retour des serpents de mer

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silly

adj (+er) → albern, dumm, doof (inf); don’t be silly (= do silly things) → mach keinen Quatsch (inf); (= say silly things) → red keinen Unsinn; (= ask silly questions) → frag nicht so dumm; that was silly of you, that was a silly thing to do → das war dumm (von dir); I’ve done a silly thing and come without the key → ich war so dumm, ohne Schlüssel zu kommen, ich Dussel bin ohne Schlüssel gekommen (inf); it was a silly thing to say → es war dumm, das zu sagen; I hope he doesn’t do anything silly → ich hoffe, er macht keine Dummheiten; I know it’s silly to feel jealous → ich weiß, es ist dumm, eifersüchtig zu sein; he was silly to resign → es war dumm von ihm zurückzutreten; I feel silly in this hat → mit diesem Hut komme ich mir albern or lächerlich vor; to make somebody look silly → jdn lächerlich machen; that remark of yours made him look/left him looking a bit silly → nach dieser Bemerkung von dir stand er ziemlich dumm da; to knock somebody silly (inf) → jdn windelweich schlagen (inf); to laugh oneself silly (inf) → sich dumm und dämlich lachen (inf); to worry somebody silly (inf) → jdn vor Sorge (ganz) krank machen; to drink oneself silly (inf) → seinen Verstand versaufen (inf); to be bored silly (inf) → zu Tode gelangweilt sein; to bore somebody silly (inf) → jdn zu Tode langweilen; to pay a silly price for something (inf, high price) → für etw einen sündhaft teuren Preis bezahlen; (low price) → für etw einen Spottpreis bezahlen; silly money (inf) → Wahnsinnssummen pl (inf)

n (Brit: also silly-billy) → Dussel m (inf); you big silly → du Dummerchen (inf); don’t be such a silly → sei nicht albern

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (stupid) → sciocco/a, stupido/a; (ridiculous) → ridicolo/a
don't be silly → non fare lo/a sciocco/a, non essere stupido/a
to do something silly → fare una sciocchezza

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (stupid) → sciocco/a, stupido/a; (ridiculous) → ridicolo/a
don't be silly → non fare lo/a sciocco/a, non essere stupido/a
to do something silly → fare una sciocchezza

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silly

adj silly [ˈsili]

foolish; not sensible Don't be so silly!; silly children. simpel سَخيف، ساذَج، أحْمَق глупав hloupý tåbelig; fjollet albern ανόητος tonto, bobo rumal نادان typerä bête, idiot מְטוּפָּש अल्पबुद्धि budalast, luckast ostoba konyol heimskur, kjánalegur sciocco, stupido ばかな 어리석은 kvailas muļķīgs; muļķa- bodoh dwaas fjollet, tosket głupi tolo stupid, prost глупый; неразумный hlúpy, pochabý neumen blesav dum, enfaldig โง่ aptal, ahmak 傻的 дурний, недоумкуватий بے وقوف ngờ nghệch, ngớ ngẩn 傻的

n silliness

simpelgeit سَخافَه، حَماقَه глуповатост hloupost tåbelighed; fjolleri die Albernheit ηλιθιότητα tontería, estupidez rumalus ناداني typeryys bêtise, idiotie טִיפּשוּת नासमझी glupost, budalaština ostobaság kekonyolan heimska sciocchezza 愚かさ 어리석음 kvailumas muļķība; muļķīgums kebodohan dwaasheid fjollethet głupota tolice idioţenie, prostie глупость hlúposť, pochabosť neumnost blesavost dumhet, enfaldighet ความโง่เขลา aptallık; saçmalık 傻 недоумкуватість احمق پن sự ngờ nghệch, sự ngớ ngẩn 傻

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silly → أَبْلَه hloupý dum albern χαζός tonto tyhmä bête šašav sciocco 愚かな 어리석은 dwaas tøysete głupi bobo глупый fånig โง่ aptalca ngớ ngẩn 愚蠢的