daft

  • 11daft — [adj] stupid; crazy absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, cracked*, crackers*, daffy*, demented, deranged, dopey*, flaky*, foolish, fried*, giddy, half baked*, idiotic, inane, insane, in the ozone*, lunatic, mad, mental*, nuts, nutty*, off the… …

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  • 12daft — ► ADJECTIVE informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ silly; foolish. ORIGIN Old English, «mild, meek» …

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  • 13daft */ — UK [dɑːft] / US [dæft] adjective Word forms daft : adjective daft comparative dafter superlative daftest informal 1) silly and not sensible or reasonable I think it s a daft idea. don t be daft: Don t be daft – of course I won t forget you. be… …

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  • 14daft — adjective BrE informal 1 silly or not very sensible: What a daft thing to say! | don t be daft spoken (=used to tell someone not to be silly) | as daft as a brush (=extremely silly): Jay s a nice bloke but he s as daft as a brush. 2 be daft about …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15Daft.ie — Infobox Dotcom company company name = Daft Media Ltd company company type = Ltd foundation = 1997 founder = Eamonn Brian Fallon location = flagicon|Ireland| Dublin, Ireland key people = revenue = ? operating income = net income = owner = num… …

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  • 16daft — [[t]dɑ͟ːft, dæ̱ft[/t]] dafter, daftest ADJ GRADED If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He s not so daft as to listen to rumours... I can lose a few… …

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  • 17Daft — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Daft est un mot d argot anglais qui signifie stupide. Daft est un album du groupe britannique Art of Noise. Daft Punk est un groupe français de musique… …

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  • 18Daft — This is an English surname which is mostly associated with the Midland counties of the country. It derives from the Olde English word of the pre 7th century gedaeft meaning meek or mild, and as such it was a pre Medieval personal name of some… …

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  • 19daft — adjective; Brit.; informal 1) a daft idea Syn: absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, idiotic, stupid, foolish; informal crazy; Brit.; informal barmy 2) he s really daft …

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  • 20daft — [13] Daft was not always a term of reproach. It originally meant ‘mild, gentle’, and only in late Middle English slid to ‘stupid’ (in a semantic decline perhaps paralleling that of silly, which started off as ‘happy, blessed’). Middle English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins