DAFFY Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

daffy

adjective

ˈda-fē

Definition of daffy

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment their daffy antics made generations of movie audiences laugh

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Recent Examples of daffy That Directors’ Fortnight entry slightly overloaded on farcical complications but breezed along on the script’s daffy humor, its underlying sweetness and the director’s pleasingly light touch. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 That person — a sunny, daffy, confection of trashy Southern ridiculousness — is just not a mean person. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026 The Jets and their daffy owner, Woody Johnson, have a long history of dysfunction. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025 Rising through a manhole in the middle of a dark New York alley populated with drag queens and the colorful characters of Lower Manhattan, the ever-blond Carpenter sank into her daffy-meets-sultry routine. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daffy

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Adjective

That was a valuable lesson as the previous season, silly errors and lapses in concentration led to the side conceding goals that hamstrung their title ambitions.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Seen as silly, shrunken, and impractical, it’s considered the full-sugar Coca-Cola of jackets—all empty calories, no nutritional value.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

Every once in a while, a professional athlete will do something so absurd on the field that people will question if the athlete is from this world.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Brizé weaves between these absurd moments and two slow-simmering crises that cause Carla to begin doubting her diehard commitment to work.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

Crowder would not have been that mad if the guy had just fessed up and said something normal in his own voice.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
But, as mad as the idea may have seemed back then, the tradition is still going strong 40 years later with participants coming from around the world to cast their dignity aside — along with a warm robe — and take the plunge into the freezing water.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

Our readers have been shopping deals on everything from a $160-off Dyson Airwrap and a Costco membership freebie to Patagonia gear, Bath & Body Works candles and a surprisingly affordable Dooney & Bourke bag (seriously, under $100 is crazy).

— Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
While fans were going crazy, storming the field and soaking up the moment, the team couldn’t wait to leave that game behind.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of crazy

Adjective

With just six 30-minute episodes per season (by design), some of these idiotic run-on stories inevitably hit the cutting room floor.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of idiotic

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