Слайд 1Ludicrous
Ridiculous / stupid/ to be laughed at
He looks
ludicrous in that suit
A ludicrous idea/ suggestion
Слайд 2Absurdity
The absurdity of the situation
The absurdity of the
idea
All sorts of absurdities in the proposal
The absurdities of
life
Слайд 3Absurdly
To behave absurdly
Absurdly expensive
Absurdly busy schedule
Слайд 4Adolescent
adjective
UK /ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/ US /ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/
used to describe an adult or an adult's behaviour that is silly and like a child's:
Adolescent
humour
Adolescent behaviour
Слайд 5Against your better judgment
It would be wiser not to
do it
Against my better judgment, I gave him the job.
Слайд 6Empty-headed
Stupid
Featherbrained (informal)
Giddy
Silly
dizzy
Слайд 7Farcical
adjective
disapproving UK /ˈfɑː.sɪ.kəl/ US /ˈfɑːr.sɪ.kəl/
Very silly, in a way that is humorous
Farcical
situation
Farcical scene
Farcical explanation
To become farcical (about the game)
Слайд 8loopy
Strange, unusual or silly
Synonyms
He must have gone completely loopy to
give up a job like that
Batty informal disapproving
Bonkers informal humorous
Crackers uk informal
Kooky
mainly us informal
Loco mainly us slang
Loony informal
Слайд 9Lumpen
Used to describe people who are not clever
(informal
disapproving)
The lumpen proletariat (unskilled working people)
Слайд 11Madcap
Silly or funny behaviour or a plan
The madcap antics
of the clowns made us laugh
Слайд 12Vacuous
FORMAL
Not expressing intelligent thought or purpose
A vacuous remark
A vacuous question
A vacuous smile
Vacuously
Слайд 13Vapid
Showing no intelligence or imagination
A vapid reality TV
show
He’s attractive, but vapid
To become so vapid
To choose a vapid
slogan
To find sth vapid
Vapidity
Слайд 14Wanky
Very stupid (offensive)
Dave's got some wanky notion that you're only respectable if
you own a piece of property.
Слайд 15cretin
A very stupid person
Synonyms
half-wit disapproving
idiot
imbecile
Moron informal
Слайд 16Certifiable
Mentally ill
Informal behaving in a silly way
Simon's washing his car again - that
man's certifiable!
Слайд 17Be as daft as a brush
be daft as a
brush
Informal to be very silly
Слайд 18Dorky
Informal stupid and awkward
The dorky kid from down
the street
Слайд 19Ditsy
Outwardly, he is cheerful, optimistic and simple to the
point of ditsy this, however, conceals his past experiences.
Слайд 20Dim – not very clever
He's a nice guy, but a little dim.
uk Don't
be so dim!
Слайд 21Flaky
informal sometimes offensive behaving in a way that is strange, not responsible or not expected:
The central character of the play is a
flaky neurotic.
Слайд 22fluffiness
Not serious
The film has a sharp edge to balance the fluffiness.
Слайд 23Feeble-minded
without an ordinary level of intelligence, or unable to act or think in an intelligent way
Слайд 24Bonkers
adjective [ after verb ]
informal humorous UK /ˈbɒŋ.kəz/ US /ˈbɑːŋ.kɚz/
silly or stupid:
She must be bonkers to do that.
Barmy
cracked (crazy) batty
Daft dotty kooky
Слайд 25Goofball
mainly us informal UK /ˈɡuːf.bɔːl/
a person who is silly in a way that is funny, often intentionally:
He plays the role as a lovable goofball
Слайд 26In sb’s infinite wisdom
Disapproving
used to show that you do not understand why
someone has done something and that you think it was a stupid action:
The authorities, in their infinite wisdom, decided to close the community centre.
Слайд 27Half-baked
Informal disapproving
A half-baked idea or plan has not been considered carefully enough:
A half-baked scheme
All we got
was a litany of excuses, half-baked ideas, untruths and squalid interventions about
the industry itself
Слайд 28No-account
us old-fashioned informal
used to describe a person of little use or importance:
She left her no-account second husband and moved to Oregon.
Слайд 29Inadvisable
Unwise
It is inadvisable to generalize from the results of a single experiment.
Слайд 30Ill-advised
not wise , and likely to cause problems in the future:
an ill-advised career move
We now recognize that this
approach was ill-advised and illogical.
Слайд 31Injudicious
Showing a bad judgment (formal) unwise
an injudicious remark
an injudicious temporary order
a very injudicious time
to go blindly into a wild
I agree that this would
be a most injudicious moment for him to do so.
Слайд 32Oafish
Stupid, rude or awkward
An oafish young man
Synonyms
Neanderthal
disapproving
Swinish old-fashioned
Oafishness
Слайд 33Be off your chump
uk old-fashioned informal
to be extremely silly or stupid
Слайд 34get it into your thick head
mainly uk (us usually get it through your thick
head) to make someone understand something, especially when you have told them many times before and
are annoyed:
How can I get it into your thick head that it’s dangerous to swim that far out in the sea?
Слайд 35Namby-pamby
adjective
informal disapproving UK /ˌnæm.biˈpæm.bi/ US /ˌnæm.biˈpæm.bi/
weak , silly, or emotional:
She thinks we're a bunch of namby-pamby liberals.
Слайд 36Risible
Laughable
She's been making risible attempts to learn the trumpet.
Слайд 37Wrongheaded
adjective
disapproving UK /ˌrɒŋˈhed.ɪd/
based on ideas or judgments that are not suitable for a particular situation:
He admitted that the party had followed policies now considered wrongheaded.