featherbrained

adjective

Definition of featherbrainednext
as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity some featherbrained youngsters giggled through the graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for featherbrained
  1. goofy
  2. silly
  3. giddy
  4. futile
Adjective
  • Later in the evening, the two musicians posed for photos backstage, serving up some goofy poses and clearly enjoying themselves.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Eddie and Venom’s relationship is goofy bordering on insane, and the limitations do indeed start to show in The Last Dance.
    James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of goofy
Adjective
  • In this show, everyone has their distinct personalities — Reneé as Leighton is sassy and dry and Pauline as Kimberly is sweet and a little silly, for example.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Here was this band of rebellious and silly kids in bright clothes rapping their asses off.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of silly
Adjective
  • The roar from the terraces when Kohli enters the crease, like Tendulkar before him, is deafening and generates the same giddy reactions anywhere in the world.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • In his early writeups, Killian adopts, or perhaps apes, a tone of giddy consumerism.
    Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of giddy
Adjective
  • In 2016, more than 80 percent of Taiwanese people believed that resistance in a potential conflict with China would be futile; by 2022, the proportion of the population expressing this view had nearly halved to 43 percent.
    David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • After making a futile effort to revive Asahi with chest compressions, Masa orders No. 17 to sleep and then to wake again.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of futile
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