daft
adjective
also ˈdäft\
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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 (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
Antonyms
balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
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Those daft suggestions got the cogs turning at 90min towers, wondering what else could, and perhaps should, be trademarked. — SI.com, "10 Iconic Football Catchphrases That Could Be Trademarked," 31 July 2019 That the Catholic Church should have acted as one of the brakes on that daft mysticism will perhaps perplex the Bill Mahers of the world, who understand so little about it. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "A Kind of Experiment, Separating Gender and Sex: Why the Church Says No," 11 June 2019 Bye-ku to Another Trump Incompetence What could be dafterThan to dream that Don’d draft a Deal after NAFTA? — James Freeman, WSJ, "Look Who’s Supporting the NRA against Cuomo," 27 Aug. 2018 The cracking of the mystery, at the conclusion of Gemini, is daft and unsatisfying, but no matter. — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, "Lola Kirke Blasts Critic Who Said She Had 'Haircut from Hell' for 'Outdated' Views on Women," 18 Apr. 2018 Williams isn’t spacey or unfocused, daft or delusional. — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ricky Williams defies 'pothead' label to reinvent his cannabis-selling himself," 20 Mar. 2018 That effort may seem daft, as such vibrations constitute heat, which obliterates delicate quantum states. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Weird vibrations poised to control quantum computers," 14 Mar. 2018 In most administrations, such daft behaviour would be a sacking offence. — The Economist, "V strangeWhat is going on at the VA?," 1 Mar. 2018 What looks a daft choice to most economists made perfect sense to Richard Thaler, who on October 9th was awarded the Nobel prize for economics for his work in behavioural economics. — The Economist, "Richard Thaler wins the Nobel prize for economic sciences," 10 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'daft.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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