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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony, mindless, preposterous, rash, rattlebrained, reckless, scatterbrained, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
| Synonyms: | casual, devil-may-care, devilish, elfin, elvish, fiendish, flippant, free and easy, fresh, frolicsome, giddy, jaunty, naughty, offhand, pert, pixieish, playful, prankish, puckish, rascally, saucy*, sportive, waggish |
| Antonyms: | behaved, subdued, unmischievous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irresponsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, reckless |
| Synonyms: | capricious, carefree, devil-may-care, feckless, fickle, flighty, fly-by-night, giddy, harebrained, ill-considered, immature, immoral, incautious, lax, loose*, no-account, rash, scatterbrained, shiftless, thoughtless, unaccountable, unanswerable, uncareful, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, untrustworthy, wild |
| Antonyms: | accountable, careful, liable, reliable, responsible, trustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, cheery |
| Synonyms: | airy, amusing, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, diverting, dizzy, entertaining, fickle, flighty, frivolous, gay, giddy, high, humorous, lighthearted, lively, merry, perky, pleasing, sunny, sunny-side up, superficial, trifling, trivial, up, upbeat, witty |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, gaga, giddy, harebrained, hazy, punchy, reeling, rocky, scatterbrained, shallow, superficial, swimming, swimmy, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, ok, sober |
| Main Entry: | queer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | dizzy, faint, giddy, green*, ill, lightheaded, pukish, qualmish, qualmy, queasy, reeling, sick, squeamish, uneasy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatterbrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not thinking clearly |
| Synonyms: | birdbrained, careless, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, illogical, inattentive, irrational, irresponsible, madcap, silly, slaphappy, stupid, thoughtless |
| Antonyms: | aware, careful, sensible, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | skittish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very nervous |
| Synonyms: | agitable, alarmable, capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, volative, whimsical, zippy |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, easy-going, laid-back, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slaphappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, bewildered, dazzled, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, senile, silly, staggered, staggering, tipsy, unsteady, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, wobbly, woozy |
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