silliness
That which is perceived as silly or frivolousThat which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» The woman had a masculine silliness.
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2 senses(uncountable)That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
Dummheit, Albernheit
(countable)An act that is silly; a result of being silly.
- an impulsive scatterbrained manner
- a ludicrous folly
Examples
3 sentencesThe woman had a masculine silliness.
Would you stop this silliness?
ruТы прекратишь эти глупости? — Ooneykcall
In high school, I trained my voice to be higher, because I felt that it better suited my childish spark and silliness.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: sillinesses| Singular | silliness |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an impulsive scatterbrained manner:giddiness
- a ludicrous folly:absurdityfatuityfatuousness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.