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daft

(dăft)

adj. daft·er, daft·est

1. Crazy; deranged.

2. Foolish; stupid.

3. Scots Frolicsome.

[Middle English defte, dafte, humble, uncouth, awkward; see deft.]

daft′ly adv.

daft′ness n.

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daft

(dɑːft)

adj

1. informal foolish, simple, or stupid

2. a slang word for insane

3. informal (foll by: about) extremely fond (of)

4. slang frivolous; giddy

[Old English gedæfte gentle, foolish; related to Middle Low German ondaft incapable]

ˈdaftly adv

ˈdaftness n

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daft

(dæft, dɑft)

adj. , -er, -est.

1. foolish.

2. insane; crazy; mad.

3. Scot. playful.

[before 1000; Middle English dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, Old English dæfte]

daft′ly, adv.

daft′ness, n.

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Adj.

daft - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, crackers, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, loopy, fruity, barmy, cracked

insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

daft

adjective (Informal, chiefly Brit.)

1. stupid, simple, crazy, silly, absurd, foolish, irrational, unwise, senseless, giddy, infantile, goofy, foolhardy, idiotic, inane, fatuous, loopy (informal), witless, crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), dopey (informal), puerile, imprudent (informal), scatty (Brit. informal), asinine, gonzo (slang), imbecilic, doolally (slang), off your head (informal), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), dumb-ass (slang), wacko or whacko (slang) I wasn't so daft as to believe him.

2. ridiculous, foolish, impractical, ludicrous, pointless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise, preposterous, laughable, farcical, illogical, unworkable, foolhardy, nonsensical, half-baked, fatuous, risible, ill-conceived, impracticable, hare-brained, dumb-ass (slang), cockamamie (slang, chiefly U.S.) Now there's a daft suggestion!

3. crazy, mad, mental (slang), touched, nuts (slang), barking (slang), crackers (Brit. slang), insane, lunatic, demented, nutty (slang), deranged, unhinged, round the bend (Brit. slang), barking mad (slang), not right in the head, not the full shilling (informal) It either sends you daft or kills you.

daft about enthusiastic about, mad about, crazy about (informal), doting on, besotted with, sweet on, nuts about (slang), potty about (Brit. informal), infatuated by, dotty about (slang, chiefly Brit.), nutty about (informal) He's just daft about her.

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daft

adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

أَحْمَق

pitomý

tåbelig

typerä

budalast

ばかな

어리석은

neumen

fånig

โง่

saf

ngớ ngẩn

愚蠢的

daft

[dɑːft] ADJ (dafter (compar) (daftest (superl)))

1. (= silly) [person] → tonto, bobo, tarado (S. Cone) ; [idea, action, question] → tonto
don't be daft → no seas tonto or bobo
he's not as daft as he looks → no es tan tonto como parece
if you're daft enough to pay £600 → si eres tan bobo como para pagar 600 libras
the daft things some people do! → ¡hay que ver las estupideces que hace la gente!
to be daft in the head → estar mal de la cabeza, estar tocado del ala
to be as daft as a brush → ser más tonto que Abundio

2. (= crazy) to be daft about sb → estar loco por algn
he's daft about football → le apasiona el fútbol, el fútbol le vuelve loco

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

daft

[ˈdɑːft ˈdæft] adj

(= silly) → idiot(e)

(= crazy) to be daft about sb → être toqué(e) de qn
to be daft about sth → être mordu(e) de qch

daft

adj (+er) → doof, blöd, bekloppt (all inf); daft in the head (inf) → blöd (inf), → bekloppt (inf); what a daft thing to do → so was Doofes or Blödes or Beklopptes (all inf); he’s daft about her/about football (inf) → er ist verrückt nach ihr/nach Fußball (inf); to go daft → verblöden; he’s daft enough to believe anything → er ist so blöd, er glaubt alles

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daft

[dɑːft] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (fam) → sciocco/a
to be daft about sb → aver perso la testa per qn
to be daft about sth → andare pazzo/a per qc

daft

→ أَحْمَق pitomý tåbelig blöd κουτός bobo typerä bête budalast sciocco ばかな 어리석은 dwaas fjollet głupi tolo глупый fånig โง่ saf ngớ ngẩn 愚蠢的

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