naff
/næf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
name
An English surname.
Example Sentences
- "That tie is a bit naff, don’t you think?"
- "She was an ordinary woman in her dress style; she didn't wear a leather bodice or naff over-knee plastic spiky-heeled boots."
- "I mean ten years ago a bit of charlie was for pop stars or a celebrities birthday bash. It was demonized by Daily Mail Readers getting drunk in naff wine bars."
- "Remember, “tacky” means “cheap or glitzy”, whereas “naff” is about stylistic shortcomings which are horrifyingly average and pathetically ordinary. The Jersey Shore is tacky, but The Bachelor is naff."
- "A mere seven years after her tragic death, isn’t it grim and tasteless to send her hologram off on some naff tour?"
- "Note that last phrase: what actually emerged was a virtual-reality platform called Horizon Worlds, accessible only via naff and clunky Oculus headsets (think an uncomfortable version of Zoom) […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial