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Recent Examples of goofy Mega Victreebel sees the Grass and Poison-type Pokémon swell up to a massive size, becoming much rounder, much more dangerous, and frankly, much goofier. Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 Kids will adore the goofy jokes and high-octane action. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025 Iggy Pop, who founded the savage rock group The Stooges in 1967 before launching a sinister solo career, somehow ended up in one of the goofiest of all Star Trek episodes — which is certainly saying something. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 And that’s even before his lighthouse keeper character whips out a delightfully goofy Scottish accent or a series of minimal but masterful props. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for goofy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofy
Adjective
  • Many kids find repeating these phrases satisfying, or silly, or just plain fun to say, Estevez says.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There are no silly games being played.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kirsh can tell that the eyeball is intelligent in a way that the real sheep wasn’t, and Kavalier is once again giddy to play with all these new toys that crashed into his lap.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
  • McNamara weaves these bits in well, and Cumberbatch and Colman — so naturally giddy around each other — slowly start to, if not come apart, at least poke at each other.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And, perhaps most dangerous still, these dreams of modernity shine an unwanted light on the futile hardship of the family’s status quo.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This alternating strategy is futile.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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