daft

Preposition: as

brush: My daughter and her friends think that I am as ' daft as a brush ' .

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• seem: To a non-religious person, this may seem a bit daft.
• feel: Makes me feel a bit daft with my bowl of washing up water!

Modifies a noun

• bugger: An open " get well soon, you daft bugger " to Ricky too.
• punk: Well thats what daft punk have always delivered, its the subtley and simplicity in it that makes it so good.
• lyric: An essential daft lyric forming the candy coat around an extremely hard nut!
• notion: I have always thought patriotism a rather daft notion which makes no sense to me whatsoever.
• hat: Same picture of the same kid eating the same ice cream while wearing the same daft hat.
• idea: These days, daft ideas can go from the back of the envelope straight into white papers.

Modifying Another Word

• plain: Either way, it sounds plain daft to me.
• utterly: I don't remember anyone making such an utterly daft proposition.
• pretty: I remember asking a mate what the song was, and felt pretty daft not knowing!
• totally: Come to think of it, what a totally daft system!
• rather: You know, I thought two rather daft things at the end.
• equally: You can find an equally daft article on a similar theme in the latest issue of the UK UFO Magazine ( June 2003 ).

Infinitive complement

think: Suspect you are daft to think there will be a successor.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Is it me or does it seem plain daft?
• sound: I know it sounds daft for a man to feel abused, or people pretend to.. .
• look: Wouldn't do to look daft in front of him.
• feel: I remember asking a mate what the song was, and felt pretty daft not knowing!