When someone calls you silly do you react or do you just walk away? If you have been in a situation where someone called you silly but you do not know how to respond to the person because you do not want to annoy the person the same way the person did you.
In this article, I will share the 20 best responses you can use when someone says you are silly. This will help you navigate if you get into a situation where someone calls you silly and you do not know the best way to respond to the person.
Take a look at the 20 best ways you can respond when someone calls you silly
- Try talking about something else
- You seem to be a rude person
- You should try to be nice for once
- I do not think you are any better
- Is that all you spend your time doing?
- Why do you enjoy talking down on people?
- I am better off not talking to you
- Why would you call me that?
- Come back when you have something better to say to me
- I don’t think you are referring to me
- I know life is difficult for you right now, but you do not have to transfer that aggression to me
- I would not expect anything different from an idle person like you
- Life may suck for you right now, but take some time to cool off, you could be a bit more respectful
- Did I hear you correctly? Repeat that!
- You can say all you want, I have been called worse
- Maybe your silly character rubbed off on me
- Well, it takes a silly person to know another silly person
- Thank you, Mr. Know all
- I cannot remember asking for your opinion
- I would talk to you later
Try talking about something else
This reply shows that you are not interested in what the person is talking about at that moment, he called you silly and you are not interested in that at the moment.
Telling the person to say something else shows that you would rather listen to him say something else than listen to him call you silly.
This is a way to reply when someone calls you silly, the person would understand that you do not like it when you call him silly and you do not tolerate such. When someone calls you silly, you can reply to the person this way.
You seem to be a rude person
As long as you both were not joking around when he called you silly, it is rude. You should tell the person in a reply that he seems to be a rude person, that way, if the person does not understand that calling someone silly is rude, you would let the person know in your reply.
People do not like it when you tell them the truth about something they did that did not sit right. Despite the fact that people do not like it when you tell them the truth, you should not hesitate to tell the person that it was rude of him to call you silly.
You should try to be nice for once
You can use this reply if you have known the person for a while and you already know that he finds it difficult to be nice to people at times. Since you already know what he is capable of doing, tell him that he should be nice for once.
That way, he would understand that he needs to learn to be nice to people at times. He should deal with people telling him the truth about what he did, if it was a good thing to do or not.
I do not think you are any better
This reply is more of a comeback. If the person called you silly and you found it offensive, a good comeback is to tell him that you do not think that he is any better.
You can also use this reply if you know the person and you are sure that he is not any better than you are. When you give this reply, the person would have a re-think. He would not go about calling people silly.
Is that all you spend your time doing?
This is a way of telling the person that there are other things to do and better ways that he can spend his time instead of spending it calling someone silly.
This also sends a message that you are not happy about the fact that he called you silly. With a response like this, he would get the message that he should not call you silly next time and that he should spend his time doing something better next time.
Why do you enjoy talking down on people?
This is a good way to reply, when you notice that he loves talking down to people, you may need to ask why he enjoys talking down to people.
If there is an exact reason why he called you silly, he would say it to you. In the real sense, someone who likes talking down on people does it just to feel bigger than the person or just because he loves to bully people. It is a good thing you ask why he likes talking down on people.
I am better off not talking to you
This shows that you do not enjoy talking to the person and you would be better off not talking to him at all because you do not like the fact that the person called you silly.
Let the person know that you do not like it when he calls you silly. With this reply, he would understand that you would rather not talk to him than talk to him and risk him calling you silly.
Why would you call me that?
People have reasons for why they do what they do. If someone calls you silly, the person has a reason why he did that.
In this reply, you can go ahead to ask the person why he called you silly. If he has a reason why he did that he would let you know in his reply. This way, you would know if truly he had a reason for calling you silly.
Come back when you have something better to say to me
This shows that you do not like what the person is saying to you, tell him to come back or talk to you when he has something better to say to you.
Someone calling you silly obviously has nothing good to say to you at that moment, when you give this reply, you would send a message across to the person that you do not like the fact that he called you silly and you would rather he talks to you when he has something better to say.
I don’t think you are referring to me
This is a reply you can give if you find it offensive for someone to call you silly. Tell him in your reply that you do not think he is referring to you.
That way, you have passed a message across that you find it funny that he called you silly. This is a good way to express your displeasure. With a reply like this, the person would not call you silly next time.
I know life is difficult for you right now, but you do not have to transfer that aggression to me
This is an empathetic reply that you can use when the person is transferring his aggression toward you. You can let the person know that you understand how difficult life can be for him and he should not in any way try to transfer that aggression to you.
With a reply like this, he would have a rethink and he would see that he is truly going through a difficult time and he should not transfer his aggression to you.
I would not expect anything different from an idle person like you
This reply is more of a comeback. It shows that you do not expect anything different from him because he is so idle and he does not have anything better to do with his time. This shows that he needs to do better and find something good to do with his time.
When you give him this response, he will have a rethink, next time he will not call you silly because he understands that you are not going to take it with him.
Life may suck for you right now, but take some time to cool off, you could be a bit more respectful
This is a way of telling him that he is not respectful of how he spoke to you. Let him know that if he is going through something at the moment, he should take some time to cool off. That way, he would be in a better mood and he would be more respectful.
Sometimes, people tend to lose their temper when they start to go through some difficulty. If the person could consider taking some time out to cool off, things may be a bit better and he would not see a need to call you or any other person silly.
Did I hear you correctly? Repeat that!
This shows how pissed you are. When you give such a reply to the person, he would get the message that you are pissed and you find it offensive that he called you silly.
He would not say such a thing next time if you reply this way.
You can say all you want, I have been called worse
This reply sends a message to the person that you do not care if he calls you silly, you have been called worse.
It shows how you have developed a tough skin and you do not mind if the person calls you silly or not. Anything the person says or calls you does not get to you at all.
Maybe your silly character rubbed off on me
This is also a comeback response, for the person to call you silly shows that you may have displayed some silly character. To come back, tell him that his silly character must have rubbed off on you.
With a reply like this, he would understand that you are pissed off that he called you silly.
Well, it takes a silly person to know another silly person
This is an indirect way of calling the person silly as well. It is a comeback reply. He would get the message that you do not like it when he calls you silly.
Thank you, Mr. Know all
In this reply, you tell him that he acts like he knows everything. This is a good way to reply if you are pissed that he called you silly.
I cannot remember asking for your opinion
You never asked for his opinion in the first place, why then did he call you silly? You should reply this way if you do not like that he called you silly.
I would talk to you later
You would talk to him later because you do not have anything to say to him at that moment. When you tell him that you would talk to him later, it shows you do not want to exchange words with him at that moment.
Final Words
If you happen to be in a situation where someone calls you silly and you find it offensive, you should respond in a way that the person would understand that you are not happy that he called you silly.
I have explained 20 responses that you can give when someone calls you silly. With these, you would be able to express yourself better in your reply and you would pass the message across to the person in a way that he would not call you silly next time.