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单词 daffy
释义

daffy

adjective

daf·​fy ˈda-fē How to pronounce daffy (audio)
daffier; daffiest
: crazy, foolish
daffily
ˈda-fə-lē How to pronounce daffy (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • balmy
  • barmy [chiefly British]
  • bats
  • batty
  • bedlam
  • bonkers
  • brainsick
  • bughouse [slang]
  • certifiable
  • crackbrained
  • cracked
  • crackers
  • crackpot
  • cranky [dialect]
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • cuckoo
  • daft
  • demented
  • deranged
  • fruity [slang]
  • gaga
  • haywire
  • insane
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • loco [slang]
  • loony
  • looney
  • loony tunes
  • looney tunes
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • maniacal
  • maniac
  • mental
  • meshuga
  • meshugge
  • meshugah
  • meshuggah
  • moonstruck
  • non compos mentis
  • nuts
  • nutty
  • psycho
  • psychotic
  • scatty [chiefly British]
  • screwy
  • unbalanced
  • unhinged
  • unsound
  • wacko
  • whacko
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Example Sentences

The actress is starring in a daffy new comedy this summer. The book is filled with daffy characters.
Recent Examples on the Web The songs on the album are tamped down and less flamboyantly daffy than his previous ones, presumably in performance of a gritty authenticity. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022 The routine was a little bit daffy — a wuxia grandmaster with a hint of Lucille Ball. New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022 For Hollywood oomph, Uma Thurman subbed in as the Swedish secretary, and Will Ferrell played a daffy ex-Nazi. Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021 But to a degree, the charmingly daffy anachronistic dialogue compensates for a plot that feels like a fait accompli. Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021 In For Your Consideration, from 2006, Coolidge is a daffy film producer. E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 7 July 2021 More than once, Barbarisi must find a diplomatic way to let Beep know how daffy his latest take on a Fennian ambiguity appears to an outsider. Washington Post, 21 May 2021 The humor is not as daffy as in Edward Lear, and not as elaborate as in Lewis Carroll. Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020 Biden’s daffy proposal to rely on wind and solar power would gut our economy and make our energy supply weather-dependent. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English daff, noun, fool

First Known Use

circa 1884, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

daffy

adjective

daf·​fy ˈda-fē How to pronounce daffy (audio)
daffier; daffiest
: silly or oddly funny

daffy

adjective

1
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind lurid newspaper reports that portrayed the serial killer as clearly daffy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • psychotic
  • lunatic
  • nuts
  • mad
  • insane
  • gaga
  • maniacal
  • crazy
  • maniac
  • paranoid
  • psycho
  • mental
  • demented
  • loony
  • crazed
  • deranged
  • kooky
  • wacko
  • batty
  • unhinged
  • cuckoo
  • nutty
  • bonkers
  • wacky
  • disturbed
  • daft
  • eccentric
  • looney
  • moonstruck
  • barmy
  • strange
  • kookie
  • whacky
  • scatty
  • screwy
  • cracked
  • ballistic
  • crackpot
  • meshuga
  • irrational
  • certifiable
  • around the bend
  • haywire
  • bedlam
  • whacko
  • paranoidal
  • unbalanced
  • bughouse
  • crackers
  • fruity
  • loco
  • foolish
  • odd
  • bats
  • brainsick
  • loopy
  • fey
  • meshugah
  • depressed
  • dotty
  • meshuggah
  • unsound
  • meshugge
  • neurotic
  • loony tunes
  • crackbrained
  • obsessed
  • balmy
  • looney tunes
  • cranky
  • oddball
  • unreasonable
  • frantic
  • out to lunch
  • distraught
  • schizophrenic
  • schizoid
  • hysterical
  • queer
  • off one's rocker
  • distracted
  • wud
  • non compos mentis
  • paranoiac
  • out of one's mind
  • off one's gourd
  • delirious
  • sociopathic
  • delusionary
  • off
  • delusional
  • off one's head
  • out of one's head
  • witless
  • touched
  • hysteric
  • aberrant
  • pixilated
  • tetched
  • nuclear
  • disordered
  • paranoic
  • berserk
  • bananas
  • ape
  • pixillated
  • potty
  • monomaniac
  • raving
  • monomaniacal
  • wigged-out
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • amok
  • teched
  • senseless
  • fixated
  • frenzied
  • amuck

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sane
  • lucid
  • sound
  • balanced
  • rational
  • compos mentis
  • sensible
  • judicious
  • uncrazy
  • reasonable
  • wise
  • clear
  • normal
  • healthy
  • well-adjusted
  • unneurotic
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2
as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment their daffy antics made generations of movie audiences laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • silly
  • stupid
  • absurd
  • foolish
  • crazy
  • mad
  • insane
  • dippy
  • idiotic
  • lunatic
  • zany
  • kooky
  • screwball
  • loony
  • dotty
  • wacky
  • irrational
  • nutty
  • daft
  • cockeyed
  • dumb
  • looney
  • fool
  • witless
  • ridiculous
  • preposterous
  • fatuous
  • cuckoo
  • harebrained
  • kookie
  • simple
  • whacky
  • crackpot
  • brainless
  • lunkheaded
  • bubbleheaded
  • inept
  • asinine
  • nonsensical
  • jerky
  • simpleminded
  • weak
  • sappy
  • dopey
  • tomfool
  • idiotical
  • unwise
  • unreasonable
  • slow
  • unreasoning
  • balmy
  • half-witted
  • doltish
  • senseless
  • moronic
  • half-baked
  • airheaded
  • oafish
  • pinheaded
  • clueless
  • obtuse
  • vacuous
  • featherheaded
  • gormless
  • dunderheaded
  • imbecile
  • lamebrain
  • thoughtless
  • thickheaded
  • dorky
  • weak-minded
  • unintelligent
  • dim
  • illogical
  • imbecilic
  • softheaded
  • dense
  • feebleminded
  • birdbrained
  • dull
  • clownish
  • invalid
  • out to lunch
  • farcical
  • opaque
  • mindless
  • dim-witted
  • ludicrous
  • unreasoned
  • knuckleheaded
  • dopy
  • chuckleheaded
  • soft
  • nonrational
  • lamebrained
  • surd
  • buffoonish
  • fallacious
  • slow-witted
  • laughable
  • thick
  • unsound
  • empty-headed
  • brain-dead
  • chowderheaded
  • boobish
  • notional
  • unconsidered
  • ill-advised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sagacious
  • sane
  • sensible
  • wise
  • judicious
  • sound
  • clever
  • intelligent
  • sage
  • prudent
  • bright
  • brainy
  • smart
  • valid
  • reasonable
  • sapient
  • logical
  • rational
  • well-advised
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