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sillier |
Overview of adj silly The adj silly has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books") 2. (1) airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly -- (lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles") 3. pathetic, ridiculous, silly -- (inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett) 4. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy -- ((informal) dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion") Antonyms of adj silly 4 senses of silly Sense 1 cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise Sense 2 airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly INDIRECT (VIA frivolous) -> serious Sense 3 pathetic, ridiculous, silly INDIRECT (VIA undignified) -> dignified Sense 4 punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy INDIRECT (VIA confused) -> clearheaded, clear-thinking Similarity of adj silly 4 senses of silly Sense 1 cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable => foolish (vs. wise) Sense 2 airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly => frivolous (vs. serious) Sense 3 pathetic, ridiculous, silly => undignified (vs. dignified) Sense 4 punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy => confused (vs. clearheaded) Attributes of adj silly Familiarity of adj silly silly used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj silly silly Overview of adj silly The adj silly has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books") 2. (1) airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly -- (lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles") 3. pathetic, ridiculous, silly -- (inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett) 4. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy -- ((informal) dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion")
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