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silly
adjective as in absurd, giddy, foolish
Strongest matches
childish, crazy, frivolous, idiotic, inappropriate, irresponsible, ludicrous, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, ridiculous, simple, stupid
Strong matches
Weak matches
asinine, balmy, brainless, dippy, dizzy, empty-headed, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, foolhardy, harebrained, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inconsistent, meaningless, muddle-headed, nitwitted, puerile, senseless, sheepheaded, simpleminded, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless
Example Sentences
“It sounds silly to say you’re relieved to find out that your brother is in a prison, but I was relieved to learn at least that he was physically safe,” she said.
After stranding runners on the corners in a shaky first, the left-hander locked in and made the Dodgers look silly with a barrage of sweepers and changeups that dipped below the zone.
"We sat on the couch in tears, Ethan and Dylan both wrapped up in each other, then the dog jumped over and started licking the tears off our faces, which was rather silly."
It's so silly and unexpected that I laughed out loud.
That title belonged to starter Blake Snell, who fooled the Reds into quick swings, wild swings, silly swings, and just four hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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