silliness
/ˈsɪlinɪs/
silliness noun: that which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
Noun
silliness (countable and uncountable, plural sillinesses)
- That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
- The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it.2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 253
- An act that is silly; a result of being silly.
silliness meaning in Tamil and Bengali
silliness in Tamil
- வெள்ளறிவு
silliness in Bengali
- মূর্খতা, বোকামি
Synonyms of silliness
Forms of silliness
| plural | sillinesses |
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Origin of silliness
From silly + -ness.
Questions about silliness
- What does silliness mean?
- Silliness means that which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
- What is silliness in Tamil?
- Silliness in Tamil is வெள்ளறிவு. See Silliness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is silliness?
- Silliness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce silliness?
- Silliness is pronounced /ˈsɪlinɪs/.
- What is the plural of silliness?
- The plural of silliness is sillinesses.
Words near silliness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: silliness (page history and authors); silliness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); silliness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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