Synonyms for daft

Grammar : Adj

Spell : daft, dahft

Phonetic Transcription : dæft, dɑft

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Définition of daft

Origin : Old English gedæfte "gentle, becoming," from Proto-Germanic *gadaftjaz (cf. Old English daeftan "to put in order, arrange," gedafen "suitable;" Gothic gadaban "to be fit"), from PIE *dhabh- "to fit together." Sense progression from "mild" (c.1200) to "dull" (c.1300) to "foolish" (mid-15c.) to "crazy" (1530s) probably was influenced by analogy with daffe "halfwit."

adj stupid; crazy

Example sentences :

The daft loon wud hae bed me promise to merry him—that's a'!'
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

"Ey, she's none so daft, is yon lass," observed the blacksmith.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

"I'm none so daft as daftly dealt with, mother," interrupted the blacksmith.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

But there—I must be daft to be thinkin' o' moths at such a time.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

What is he thinking of to stand there gazing at her downcast face as if he were daft?
Extract from : « Potts's Painless Cure » by Edward Bellamy

But the duràk of the following tale is represented as being really “daft.”
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

An' ye claver sic' nonsense when ye're daft, what would ye say when ye're sane?
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

I soon learned that they had spared me and cared for me because they thought that I was daft.
Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

The Daft Committee, including its Chairman, was much impressed.
Extract from : « The Old Tobacco Shop » by William Bowen

The doctor is daft about him; and besides him, as I told you, there is the tutor.
Extract from : « Roger Ingleton, Minor » by Talbot Baines Reed

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