How to Use Featherbrained?

To be featherbrained is to be empty-headed or silly. Your ditzy friend who's always giggling might be a little featherbrained. If you're featherbrained, you're not too smart or serious — in fact, you're probably foolish and a little simple.

What is the meaning of Featherbrained?

: a foolish scatterbrained person.

What does scatterbrain mean?

: a person who is forgetful, disorganized, or unable to concentrate or think clearly The English, who had raised eccentricity and poor organization to a high art, and placed the scatterbrain on a pedestal, loathed such Middle European things as rules, conventions, and dictatorships.—

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

Gaming, Esports & Interactive Media Writer

Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.