as in silly
lacking in seriousness or maturity
it's not appropriate to be goofy at a funeral
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Recent Examples of goofy
With respect to any of the real deaths on display in the 1978 Faces of Death, the movie is mostly just goofy.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Things go from bad to worse when cast member Kam Patterson shows up with a goofy notion of his own.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Moranis will reprise his role in the goofy intergalactic adventure as Lord Dark Helmet alongside Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, and George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
Pizza Movie Smiley Face meets 22 Jump Street in this unapologetically goofy fever dream of a Gen Z stoner comedy.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Things go from bad to worse when cast member Kam Patterson shows up with a goofy notion of his own.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Moranis will reprise his role in the goofy intergalactic adventure as Lord Dark Helmet alongside Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, and George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
Pizza Movie Smiley Face meets 22 Jump Street in this unapologetically goofy fever dream of a Gen Z stoner comedy.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofy
Adjective
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Eurodance with the bass-heavy Swedish genre EPA-dunk and 3Cha—the giddy electronic dance music from Thaiboy’s home region of Isaan in Thailand—to form a new kind of globalist hyperpop.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Their struggle has upturned the tabletop candle that illuminates the scene and any moment will surely extinguish it, effacing the giddy pattern formed by the writhing bodies and glowing, veiny bladder skin.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Bayern coach José Barcala was also shown red by referee Ivana Martinčić for his protests, which were futile because a VAR check confirmed Kett’s foul.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The entire Earth knows it, and that makes trading Aiyuk for anything notable a nearly futile undertaking.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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