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Showing words for SILLINESS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Silliness

silliness

7 Letter Words for Silliness

illness, inisles, senilis, sillies, sinless

6 Letter Words for Silliness

elsins, illess, inisle, inless, isseis, lilies, lisles, lisses, nielli, nisses, sileni, silens, snells

5 Letter Words for Silliness

elsin, enlil, ensis, isles, issei, leiss, lenis, lessn, liens, liles, lines, linie, lisle, nelis, nills, nisei, nisse, seils, sells, siens, silen, siles, sills, sines, sises, sline, snell, snies

4 Letter Words for Silliness

elli, ells, ills, isis, isle, isls, leis, lens, less, lien, lies, liin, lile, line, lins, liss, ness, nies, nile, nill, nils, nisi, seil, seis, sell, sels, sens, sess, sien, sile, sill, sine, sins, sise, sisi, siss

3 Letter Words for Silliness

eli, ell, els, enl, ens, ess, ile, ill, ins, ise, isl, isn, lei, les, lie, lin, lis, nei, nie, nil, nis, sei, sel, sen, sie, sil, sin, sis, sle, sse

Definitions for Silliness

[1] weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
[2] absurd; ridiculous; irrational: a silly idea.
[3] stunned; dazed: He knocked me silly.
[4] Cricket . (of a fielder or the fielder's playing position) extremely close to the batsman's wicket: silly mid off.
[5] Archaic . rustic; plain; homely.
[6] Archaic . weak; helpless.
[7] Obsolete . lowly in rank or state; humble.
[8] Informal . a silly or foolish person: Don't be such a silly.
[9] lacking in good sense; absurd
[10] frivolous, trivial, or superficial
[11] feeble-minded
[12] dazed, as from a blow
[13] obsolete homely or humble
[14] (modifier) cricket (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket silly mid-on
[15] Also called: silly-billy plural -lies informal a foolish person

Words related to Silliness

sillystupidity, absurdity, foolishness, craziness, goofiness, ineptitude, senselessness, inanity, puerility

Words nearby Silliness

sillysillery, silliman, sillimanite, sillitoe, sills, silly, silly billy, silly putty, silly season, silly-sider, sillyweed

Origin of Silliness

y1375–1425; earlier sylie, sillie foolish, feeble-minded, simple, pitiful; late Middle English syly, variant of sely seely

Other words from Silliness

sil·li·ly , adverb
sil·li·ness , noun
un·sil·ly , adjective

Word origin for Silliness

yC15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English sǣlig (unattested) happy, from sǣl happiness; related to Gothic sēls good

Synonyms for Silliness

absurdity, craziness, foolishness, goofiness, stupidity, inanity, ineptitude, puerility, senselessness, inaneness