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单词 naff
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naff

He thought it was a bit naff.They thought it was cool but it was a bit naff.The red detail is a bit naff.It sounds a bit naff but beauty comes from confidence.Fake wood floors are a bit naff as well.All that is strictly bridal and a bit naff.What else is a bit naff?It does sound a bit naff.Isn't it slightly naff to match your art to your sofa?Who thinks they're in the cool gang but is actually rather naff?And he suffers for his beliefs, in a slightly naff way.Music was a bit naff, like playing the flute or something.It's just a bit greedy and a bit naff.But isn't the town a bit naff?But is it really naff?The idea is not to find something naff, it is to identify a present entirely lacking in utility and without any redeeming feature.Last year he bought me a huge bunch of flowers but they were overpriced and really naff, with crystals sewn into the roses.The effect was akin to a slightly naff, nostalgic disco, with the fun factor turned up to ten.What detail there was would now be considered rather naff, so the key is to keep things simple, making the most of clean lines and open spaces.

In other languages
naff

British English: naff /næf/ ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is naff, you mean it is very unfashionable or unsophisticated.
The music's really naff.
  • American English: tacky
  • Arabic: قَدِيـمُ الْطّرَازِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cafona
  • Chinese: 不时髦的
  • Croatian: staromodan
  • Czech: nevkusný
  • Danish: slem
  • Dutch: waardeloos
  • European Spanish: hortera
  • Finnish: typerä
  • French: naze
  • German: blöd
  • Greek: κακόγουστος
  • Italian: grottesco
  • Japanese: 趣味が悪い
  • Korean: 구식의
  • Norwegian: dårlig
  • Polish: niegustowny
  • European Portuguese: parolo
  • Romanian: demodat
  • Russian: безвкусный вид и манеры
  • Latin American Spanish: inútil
  • Swedish: värdelös
  • Thai: ซึ่งขาดรสนิยม
  • Turkish: salaş
  • Ukrainian: нікудишній
  • Vietnamese: không hợp thời trang

(adjective) 
Definition
in poor taste
(British, slang) 
This music is really naff.
Synonyms
bad
Many elderly people are living in bad housing.
poor
The meal was very poor.
He was a poor actor.
inferior
These recordings are of inferior quality.
worthless
This piece of old junk is totally worthless.
pants (slang)
duff (British, informal)
A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece.
shabby
second-rate
another second-rate politician
shoddy
I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
low-grade
undrinkable low-grade wine
low-quality
trashy
I was watching some trashy TV show.
substandard
for the birds (informal)
crappy (slang)
valueless
rubbishy
some old rubbishy cop movie
poxy (slang)
piss-poor (slang)
chickenshit (US, slang)
strictly for the birds (informal)
twopenny-halfpenny
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
Opposites
fine
,
excellent
,
superior
,
first-class
,
exceptional
,
high-quality
,
first-rate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of duff
Definition
broken or useless
A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece.
Synonyms
bad,
poor,
useless,
pathetic,
inferior,
worthless,
unsatisfactory,
defective,
deficient,
imperfect,
substandard,
low-rent (informal),
poxy (slang),
pants (informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of inferior
Definition
of poor quality
These recordings are of inferior quality.
Synonyms
substandard,
bad,
poor,
mean,
worse,
poorer,
pants (informal),
flawed,
rotten (informal),
dire,
indifferent,
duff (British, informal),
mediocre,
second-class,
deficient,
imperfect,
second-rate,
shoddy,
low-grade,
unsound,
downmarket,
low-rent (informal),
for the birds (informal),
wretched,
two-bit (slang),
crappy (slang),
no great shakes (informal),
poxy (slang),
dime-a-dozen (informal),
piss-poor (slang),
chickenshit (US, slang),
bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
not much cop (British, slang),
tinhorn (US, slang),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
of a sort or of sorts,
strictly for the birds (informal),
end-of-the-pier (British, informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of low-grade
undrinkable low-grade wine
Synonyms
inferior,
bad,
poor,
duff (informal),
not good enough,
second-rate,
substandard,
low-rent (informal, US),
two-bit (US, Canadian, slang),
poxy (slang),
dime-a-dozen (informal),
piss-poor (slang),
chickenshit (US, slang),
bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
not up to snuff (informal),
tinhorn (US, slang),
of a sort or of sorts,
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
naff

  • nabob
  • nadir
  • naevus
  • naff
  • nag
  • nagging
  • naiad

Synonyms of 'naff'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of poor
Definition
disappointing or disagreeable
The meal was very poor.He was a poor actor.
Synonyms
inferior,
unsatisfactory,
mediocre,
second-rate,
sorry,
weak,
pants (informal),
rotten (informal),
faulty,
feeble,
worthless,
shabby,
shoddy,
low-grade,
below par,
substandard,
low-rent (informal),
for the birds (informal, old-fashioned),
crappy (slang),
valueless,
no great shakes (informal, old-fashioned),
rubbishy,
poxy (slang),
piss-poor (slang),
chickenshit (US, slang),
not much cop (British, slang),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
strictly for the birds (informal, old-fashioned),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of rubbishy
some old rubbishy cop movie
Synonyms
trashy,
cheap,
worthless,
paltry,
shoddy,
tawdry,
tatty,
throwaway,
valueless,
gimcrack,
twopenny,
brummagem,
twopenny-halfpenny
in the sense of second-rate
Definition
not of the highest quality
another second-rate politician
Synonyms
inferior,
mediocre,
poor,
cheap,
pants (slang),
commonplace,
tacky (informal),
shoddy,
low-grade,
tawdry,
low-quality,
substandard,
low-rent (informal),
(strictly) for the birds (informal),
two-bit (slang),
end-of-the-pier (British, informal),
no great shakes (informal),
cheap and nasty (informal),
rubbishy,
dime-a-dozen (informal),
piss-poor (slang),
bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
not much cop (British, slang),
tinhorn (US, slang),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of shoddy
Definition
of poor quality
I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
Synonyms
inferior,
poor,
second-rate,
cheap,
tacky (informal),
tawdry,
tatty,
trashy,
low-rent (informal),
slipshod,
cheapo (informal),
rubbishy,
junky (informal),
cheap-jack (informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of trashy
I was watching some trashy TV show.
Synonyms
worthless,
cheap,
inferior,
shabby,
flimsy,
shoddy,
tawdry,
tinsel,
thrown together,
crappy (slang),
meretricious,
rubbishy,
poxy (slang),
chickenshit (US, slang),
catchpenny,
brummagem,
cheap-jack (informal),
of a sort or of sorts
in the sense of worthless
Definition
without value or usefulness
This piece of old junk is totally worthless.
Synonyms
valueless,
poor,
miserable,
trivial,
trifling,
paltry,
trashy,
measly (informal),
wretched,
two a penny (informal),
rubbishy,
poxy (slang),
nickel-and-dime (US, slang),
wanky (vulgar, slang),
a dime a dozen,
nugatory,
chickenshit (US, slang),
negligible
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