DUFF Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of duff

as in bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits I've been sitting on my duff all day

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adjective

British

as in base

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Recent Examples of duff

Noun

The oval leaves of wintergreen catch your eye with their waxy shine, emerging out of the duff. — Literary Hub, 2 June 2025 Low fire danger indicates fuels not igniting easily from small embers, fires potentially starting in duff or dry wood from an intense heat source and easy to control fires. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 May 2025 And as many as 40% prefer sitting on their duff to exercising. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas. — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for duff

Recent Examples of Synonyms for duff

Noun

The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

Then there’s heated handlebars and seats, floorboards, highway pegs, brake and gear-lever pads, heel-shifter, and the King Tour-Pak, like the Street Glide Limited above.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
As of July 2, some of the best resale seats for marquee knockout matches were listed for roughly $20,000 on StubHub.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of seat

Adjective

In rare cases, the CDC said patients may experience vomiting, body aches, headache, low-grade fever and other flu-like symptoms.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Some who become ill also experience vomiting and a low-grade fever in addition to frequent, sometimes explosive, watery diarrhea.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Definition of low-grade

Noun

Working with longtime makeup artist Ernesto Casillas, Z showcased a glowy, poreless base with super soft rosy blush diffused on her cheeks, finished with a natural, luminous highlight across her cheekbones like a dapple of sunlight.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Laura surveyed her flushed cheeks, her bruised legs, with a consumer’s eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of cheeks

Adjective

Everyone hates lousy officiating—and some of the calls in this World Cup have been infuriatingly lousy.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
The win was looked at as a bit of a comeback story, but most thought Hamilton was just coming back from a lousy 2025 season for him and Ferrari.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of lousy

Noun

Aviation observers studying pictures of the aircraft said the new plane appears to lack external modifications to the tail cone associated with a type of directional infrared missile defense system.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
The classification of these objects as true comets has been complicated by the fact that no one has ever managed to witness a dark comet sprouting a tail—until now.

— Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of tail

Adjective

But the breaking point came when his wife refused to let their young children near any of his half-century-old vehicles, which lacked air bags and the safety features standard in even the cheapest modern cars.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
As launch gets cheaper and hardware more standardized, companies can reach into space without having to master or even own the hardware.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

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