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List of meaning for silly

acting ridiculous or childish

silly(adj)

a word used for misbehaving children

"don't be a silly"

cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany(adj)

ludicrous, foolish

"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"

airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly(adj)

lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

"a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

pathetic, ridiculous, silly(adj)

inspiring scornful pity

"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy(adj)

dazed from or as if from repeated blows

"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"

lacking in seriousness or maturity

the matinee show was filled with a bunch of silly children making noise

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

those silly movie producers who thought that audiences would fall for that gimmick all over again

so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter

had the silly notion that her latest marriage might last longer than her three previous ones

suffering from mental confusion

stunning news that knocked me silly

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