Examples of daft in a Sentence Your idea seems a bit daft to me. She looked at us as if we'd gone daft.

Idiom be (as) daft as a brush (Definition of daft from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

DAFT definition: senseless, stupid, or foolish. See examples of daft used in a sentence.

When the adjective daft is used, you know something extremely silly or obviously goofy is involved — like setting all your money on fire to keep warm, instead of just using it to buy a coat.

Definition of daft adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange.

Dec 10, 2025 · daft (comparative dafter, superlative daftest) (chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid. synonym quotations Synonyms: see Thesaurus: …