naff

Word family

naff1 /næf/ adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE informal

1 TASTE IN CLOTHES, MUSIC ETCsomething that is naff seems silly, especially because it is unfashionable or shows a lack of good taste 愚蠢的；低级的 → tacky

a really naff film

一部蹩脚透顶的电影

Babur says the uniform makes him look naff.

巴布尔说他穿上那套制服看上去傻透了。

Examples from the Corpus

naff• Don't wear that shirt with those slacks -- it looks naff.• Most people think taking a package holiday in Bognor is really naff.• That could be five or fifty-five, and they could be nice or naff.• Almost as naff as Pete's pudding-bowl haircut.• He could not say that the garage was macho and Pricewell's was naff, because she would tease him again.• Its a bit naff but close to the ground and good for parking.• They now rely less on naff novelties and more on structure and nuance, while still retaining an Alec Gilroy-sense of showbiz.• Tudor Davies's script has the style of an authentically naff pre-1914 original, up-dated by a sharper intelligence.

naff2 verb