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Definition of "naff" []

  • Chiefly British Slang Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded. (adjective)
  • Chiefly British Slang To fool around or go about: "naffing about in a tutu” ( Suzanne Lowry). (verb-intransitive)
  • Naff off Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal. (phrasal-verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "naff" in a sentence
  • "Somehow tying the format down to Earth, with the threesome of Brigadier, Liz and Doctor, must have prevented the writer (s) from turning in naff space opera tales."
  • "Yes, it was a bit naff, and isn't using that word naff almost a naff-ness in itself these days?"
  • "After that I felt kind of naff so we showered and came home to rest."