silly

pungent adjectives of disesteem

• “gave me a cockamamie reason for not going”
• “wore a goofy hat”
• “a silly idea”
• “some wacky plan for selling more books”

lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

• “a dizzy blonde”
• “light-headed teenagers”
• “silly giggles”

inspiring scornful pity

• “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years” Dashiell Hammett

dazed from or as if from repeated blows

• “knocked silly by the impact”
• “slaphappy with exhaustion”

a word used for misbehaving children

• “don”