Daffy
Daffy adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: their daffy antics made generations of movie audiences laugh
Fatuous
Fatuous adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little
Daffy and fatuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Daffy" instead an adjective "Fatuous".
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Fatuous and Daffy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/daffy/fatuous
Daffy & Fatuous. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/daffy/fatuous>.
Fatuous or Daffy. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/daffy/fatuous.
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