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Meanings of silliness in anglès

espanyol
tontería
Wikidata

Stupid act or saying with the intention to make someone laugh.

tontería
portuguès
absurdidade
català
absurditat
espanyol
desatino

A ludicrous folly.

absurditat
portuguès
coisavã
català
vertigen

An impulsive scatterbrained manner.

vertigen

The quality or state of being silly.

Sinònims
Examples for "giddiness"
Examples for "giddiness"
1
He felt an unaccustomed giddiness; it was long since he had smoked.
All souls' rising
2
His giddiness had passed and he felt small and insignificant and content.
Lowboy
3
The feeling of giddiness hit him instantly, and all fear left him.
The Pilo Family Circus
4
There was only a sense of relief so profound it approached giddiness.
Leviathan Wakes
5
Thoughts of her father had driven some of the giddiness from her.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
Usage of silliness in anglès
1
Left to wander its own way, it tends to lead into silliness.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
2
That has profound implications beyond the hypothetical silliness of the Trolley Problem.
The Guardian
3
So Menandros was just trying to collect evidence of Roman silliness, yes.
Roma eterna
4
His mischievous pixie quality and love of silliness will be sorely missed.
The Guardian
5
Photo: supplied Kirin J Callinan toes the line between sincerity and silliness.
Radio NZ
6
Soapy silliness is likewise in plentiful supply in Fellowes's latest hyperventilating caper.
The Irish Times
7
But his silliness of behaviour is a hopeful sign for the picture.
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
8
And the look of the bay mare shames silliness out of me.
Leaves of Grass
9
It becomes Nicias incomparably, and renders all his silliness infinitely more silly.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
10
Zuckerberg himself was disappointed at the silliness of many of these apps.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
11
For that one moment he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.
Peter Pan
12
On the delight in pop's very silliness he is just and exact.
The Guardian
13
I love that she can make fun of all the spying silliness.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
14
I found myself grinning back, then laughing out loud at my silliness.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
15
Supposed intellectuals will huff and puff about the silliness of it all.
The Irish Times
16
A little too flippant, I always say-rather TOO much champagne and silliness.
The Pool in the Desert
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Translations for silliness
Silliness through the time
Silliness across language varieties
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United States of America
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