foolishness (noun)

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• foolishness — foolish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. DERIVATIVES foolishly adverb foolishness noun …   English terms dictionary

• foolishness — noun I regretted my foolishness Syn: folly, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, silliness, inanity, thoughtlessness, imprudence, injudiciousness, lack of foresight, lack of sense, irresponsibility, indiscretion, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• foolishness — noun 1. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑folly, ↑unwiseness • Ant: ↑wisdom (for: ↑folly) • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

• foolishness — noun Date: 15th century 1. foolish behavior 2. a foolish act or idea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• foolishness — noun a) The state of being foolish. b) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity. Syn: imprudence, folly, extravagance, irresponsibility, indiscretion …   Wiktionary

• foolishness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of lacking good sense] Syn. folly, weakness, silliness; see stupidity 1 , 2 . 2. [Conduct or acts lacking good sense] Syn. nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion; see stupidity 2 , 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun… …   English dictionary for students

• foolish — adjective lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. Derivatives foolishly adverb foolishness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• foolish — adjective 1 a foolish action, remark etc is stupid and shows that someone is not thinking sensibly: I ve never heard anything so foolish in all my life. | it is foolish (of sb) to do sth: It was foolish of them to expect the economy to recover so …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• foolish */ — UK [ˈfuːlɪʃ] / US [ˈfulɪʃ] adjective 1) lacking good sense and judgment a foolish mistake I did some stupid things when I was young and foolish. it is foolish to do something: It would be foolish to change your mind now. very/singularly/extremely …   English dictionary

• foolish — [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj 1) behaving in a way that is stupid and likely to have bad results 2) embarrassed because of something stupid that you have done foolishly adv foolishness noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• foolish — /ˈfulɪʃ / (say foohlish) adjective 1. silly; without sense: a foolish person. 2. resulting from or evidencing folly; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action; foolish speech. 3. Obsolete trifling, insignificant, or paltry. –phrase 4. make someone …