sillyadjective
uk/ˈsɪl.i/us/ˈsɪl.i/B1 showing little thought or judgment:
Don't do that, you silly boy!
a silly mistake
It was silly of you to go out in the sun without a hat.
embarrassed; afraid that people will laugh at you:
I feel silly in this dress.
Synonym
foolish
B1 not important, serious, or practical:
She gets upset over such silly things.
We were served our drinks in these silly little glasses.
More examples
- What's the name of that guy on TV - you know, the American one with the silly voice?
- They can't expect me to accommodate all their silly little likes and dislikes.
- Why are you putting on that silly voice?
- I screamed myself silly on the roller coaster.
- Seriously now, did he really say that or are you just being silly?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- wrongheaded
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Idiom(s)
drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly
silly billy