B2adjective · rare

daft

daft · dafter · daftest

простий, легкий

простой, лёгкий, простодушный

einfach, simpel

Foolish, silly, stupidFoolish, silly, stupid.

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UK/dɑːft/US/dæft/

» Are you daft?

Meaning

3 senses

(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal)Foolish, silly, stupid.
a daft idea
albern
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal)Crazy, insane, mad.
verrückt, blöd, bescheuert
сумасше́дшийsumasšédšij, рехнувшийсяrexnuvšijsja, безрассудныйbezrassudnyj
(obsolete)Gentle, meek, mild.

More definitions

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Examples

42 sentences

Are you daft?
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This film is incredibly daft.
Цей фільм надзвичайно тупий.
deDieser Film ist unwahrscheinlich blöd.
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Your daft plan is actually working.
deDein dusseliger Plan funktioniert tatsächlich.
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I think that's not a daft solution.
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That's the daftest idea you've ever had.
deDas ist die blödeste Idee, die du je hattest.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad:

stupid — see also stupid:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly:

crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad:

stupid — see also stupid:

Origin

From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; d

From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Doublet of deft.

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