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

Adjective

[-lier, -liest]

1. behaving in a foolish or childish way

2. Old-fashioned unable to think sensibly, as if from a blow

3. Cricket (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket: silly mid-off

Noun

pl -lies

Informal a foolish person [Old English sǣlig (unattested) happy]

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) dopy (slang) << OPPOSITE clever

adjective 2. foolish, stupid, unwise, inappropriate, rash, irresponsible, reckless, foolhardy, idiotic, thoughtless, imprudent, inadvisable << OPPOSITE sensible

noun 3. (Informal) fool, 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 doofus (slang), chiefly U.S. nerd or nurd (slang) dorba or dorb Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)

Translations

silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj [person] → tonto; [idea] → absurdo;

to do sth silly → hacer una tontería

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj → stupide, sot(te) → bête;

to do something silly → faire une bêtise

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj (person) → dumm;

to do something silly → etwas Dummes tun

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silly [ˈsɪlɪ] adj → stupido/a, sciocco/a;

to do something silly → fare una sciocchezza