Thesaurus: silly

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1. n. Happy; fortunate; blessed.
2. n. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
3. n. Weak; helpless; frail.
4. n. Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
5. n. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
6. n. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
7. adj. ludicrous, foolish
8. adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
9. adj. inspiring scornful pity
10. adj. dazed from or as if from repeated blows
11. n. a word used for word/misbehaving">misbehaving children
12. 1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly, innocent Custance." Chaucer. The silly virgin strove him to withstand. Spenser. A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.] After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore. Spenser. The silly buckets on the deck. Coleridge. 4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.] A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. Shak. All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. Milton. 5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman. 6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question. Syn. -- Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple.