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1 foolish
• tomppelimainen• höperö• hölmö• järjetön• typerä• tyhmä• hassu• houkkamainen• houkka• hupsu• hullu• epäoikeudenmukainen• absurdi• päätön• kevytmielinen• kanamainen• kaistapäinen• mieletön• narrimainen• naurettava• pehmeä• sekapäinen• älytön• ymmärtämätön* * *1) (having no sense: He is a foolish young man.) typerä2) (ridiculous: He looked very foolish.) naurettava -
2 dissuade
• saada luopumaan jostakin• alistaa• kiellellä* * *di'sweid(to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) kehottaa luopumaan -
3 dote on
• ihannoida* * *(to be fond of to an extent which is foolish: He just dotes on that child!) palvoa -
4 esteem
stock exchange• noteerata• ihailla• ihailu• ihannoida• arvio• arvonanto• arvostaa• arvossapito• arvostus• arvo• antaa arvoa• respekti• maine• kunnioitus• kunnioitus (arvonanto)• kunnianosoitus• kunnioittaa• kunnia• pieteetti• pitää arvossa• pitää* * *i'sti:m 1. verb(to value or respect.) arvostaa2. noun(favourable opinion; respect: His foolish behaviour lowered him in my esteem; He was held in great esteem by his colleagues.) arvo, arvostus -
5 feel like
• huvittaa• haluttaa* * *1) (to have the feelings that one would have if one were: I feel like a princess in this beautiful dress; He felt like an idiot (= He felt very foolish).) tuntea itsensä2) (to feel that one would like to (have, do etc): I feel like a drink; Do you feel like going to the cinema?) haluta, huvittaa -
6 feel/look small
(to feel or look foolish or insignificant: He criticized her in front of her colleagues and made her feel very small.) tuntea itsensä vähäpätöiseksi -
7 fool
• tollo• tomppeli• ilkkua• höhlä• hölmö• idiootti• ilveillä• ilveilijä• jujuttaa• jymäyttää• tyhmyri• typerys• hassutella• hullu s.• hupakko• huijata• huiputtaa• hullu• houkka• hullutella• houkkio• hupsu• hupsutella• vetää huulesta• eksyttää• valehdella• puijata• puhua palturia• puhua pötyä• kiisseli• kaistapää• narrata• narri• peijata• pettää• petkuttaa• ääliö• älykääpiö• laskea luikuria• pitää narrinaan* * *fu:l 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) typerys2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) vetää nenästä2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) pelleillä•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
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8 foolhardy
• rämäpäinen• tyhmänrohkea• hurjapäinen• huimapäinen• hurjanrohkea• uhkarohkea* * *adjective (taking foolish risks; rash: He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the mountain in winter.) tyhmänrohkea -
9 go to someone's head
1) ((of alcohol) to make someone slightly drunk: Champagne always goes to my head.) kihahtaa päähän2) ((of praise, success etc) to make someone arrogant, foolish etc: Don't let success go to your head.) kihahtaa päähän -
10 grandiose
• suurisuuntainen• suurellinen• suurenmoinen* * *'ɡrændiəus(impressive to an excessive or foolish degree: He produced several grandiose schemes for a holiday resort but no resort was ever built.) suurisuuntainen -
11 half-witted
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12 idiot
• idiootti• hölmö• tylsämielinen• tyhmyri• houkka• pölkkypää• kaheli• älykääpiö• ääliö* * *'idiət1) (a foolish person: She was an idiot to give up such a good job.) idiootti2) (a person with very low intelligence.) idiootti•- idiocy- idiotic
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13 insane
• hullu• mielisairasmedicine, veterinary• mielisairaus• mielenvikainen• mielipuoli• mielisairaus* * *in'sein1) (mad; mentally ill.) mielenvikainen2) (extremely foolish: It was insane to think he would give you the money.) järjetön•- insanity -
14 live down
• voittaa* * *(to live through the shame of (a foolish act etc) till it is forgotten.) päästä yli -
15 mess about/around
1) (to behave in a foolish or annoying way: The children were shouting and messing about.) riehua2) (to work with no particular plan in a situation that involves mess: I love messing about in the kitchen.) häärätä3) ((with with) to meddle or interfere with: Who's been messing about with my papers?) penkoa4) (to upset or put into a state of disorder or confusion: The wind messed her hair about.) sekoittaa -
16 muddle along/through
(to progress in spite of one's unsatisfactory methods and foolish mistakes.) sinnitellä eteenpäin -
17 nonsense
• palturi• roskapuhe• roju• roska• höpötys• höpinä• hölinä• höpsis• höpsistä• hölynpöly• jaaritus• johan• joutava puhe• joutavia• tyhmyys• hassutus• hupsutus• humpuuki• valhe• puppu• pötypuhe• pöty• mielettömyys• mieletön puhe• satu• lörpötys• älyttömyys• kukku• loru• luikuri• loruja• lorua* * *'nons'ns, ]( American) -sens(foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) pötypuhe -
18 petty
• pahainen• turhantarkka• vähäpätöinen• mitätön• merkityksetön• pieni• pikku• pikkuinen• pikkusieluinen• pikkumainen* * *'peti1) (of very little importance; trivial: petty details.) vähäinen2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) pikkumainen•- pettily- pettiness
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19 play the fool
• hassutella• hupsutella• hullutella• pelehtiä* * *(to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people: He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.) pelleillä -
20 preposterous
• nurinkurinen• järjetön• auttamaton• epätodennäköinen• mieletön• naurettava• mahdoton• takaperoinen* * *pri'postərəs(very foolish; ridiculous.) järjetön
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foolish — [fo͞ol′ish] adj. [ME folish] 1. without good sense; silly; unwise 2. a) ridiculous; absurd b) abashed; embarrassed 3. Archaic humble SYN. ABSURD foolishly adv. foolishne … English World dictionary
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