1
chiefly British, informal
: silly, foolish
Don't do anything daft.
see also daft as a brush
3
Scotland
: frivolously merry
daftly
adverb
Synonyms
- balmy
- barmy [chiefly British]
- bats
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- bughouse [slang]
- certifiable
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- cranky [dialect]
- crazed
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- demented
- deranged
- fruity [slang]
- gaga
- haywire
- insane
- kooky
- kookie
- loco [slang]
- loony
- looney
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- meshuga
- meshugge
- meshugah
- meshuggah
- moonstruck
- non compos mentis
- nuts
- nutty
- psycho
- psychotic
- scatty [chiefly British]
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
Examples of daft in a Sentence
Your idea seems a bit daft to me.
She looked at us as if we'd gone daft.
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Hulu 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) Edgar Wright's beloved breakthrough zombie comedy puts a daft spin on an undead apocalypse, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as loyal best friends ill-prepared for normal everyday life, much less an existential emergency.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Due to some daft scheduling, the match was played under the baking afternoon sun - around 100 degrees Fahrenheit - in this famously harsh climate.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Lots of music by Bach, of course, but also jazzy improvisations and a concert to celebrate a daft knight-errant.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
In the twisted thriller Saltburn, Pike wowed critics as the fabulous yet daft Lady Elspeth Catton opposite fellow Globe nominee Barry Keoghan as the devious Oliver Quick.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Due to some daft scheduling, the match was played under the baking afternoon sun - around 100 degrees Fahrenheit - in this famously harsh climate.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Lots of music by Bach, of course, but also jazzy improvisations and a concert to celebrate a daft knight-errant.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
In the twisted thriller Saltburn, Pike wowed critics as the fabulous yet daft Lady Elspeth Catton opposite fellow Globe nominee Barry Keoghan as the devious Oliver Quick.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for daft
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“Daft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daft. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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