niais — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cheesy adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
- dumb adj Stupid or unintelligent; showing poor judgment.
- fatuous adj Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- inane adjective Silly, pointless, or lacking any real substance — often to an annoying degree.
- simpleton noun A person who lacks common sense or shows poor judgement; a foolish person.
- vacant adjective Not occupied or in use; empty.
- vacuous adj Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
Senses
niais is used for these senses in English:
- cheesy (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
- dumb (informal, pejorative, especially of a person) Stupid.
- fatuous Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- inane Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
- simpleton (informal, pejorative) A simple-minded person lacking common sense.
- vacant Showing no intelligence or interest.
cheesy — full definition
- adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
- adj Overly sentimental, corny, or of poor quality in an obvious way.
dumb — full definition
- adj Stupid or unintelligent; showing poor judgment.
- adj (dated, now considered offensive as applied to people) Unable to speak.
- adj Not equipped with intelligent or programmable features.
- adv (informal) Very; extremely.