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• foolishness — [n] idiocy, nonsense absurdity, absurdness, bunk*, carrying on*, claptrap*, craziness, dumb trick*, folly, foolery, fool trick, horse feathers*, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality,… …   New thesaurus

• 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

• 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 — Synonyms and related words: Urdummheit, absurdity, absurdness, big deal, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, brainlessness, bull, bunk, calm of mind, craziness, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, dottiness, elfishness, emptiness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• silliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal: craziness. See ABILITY …   English dictionary for students

• foolishness — fool·ish·ness || fuːlɪʃnɪs n. stupidity, silliness, nonsense …   English contemporary dictionary

• silliness — sil·li·ness || sɪlɪnɪs n. stupidity, foolishness; quality of being nonsensical, frivolousness …   English contemporary dictionary

• foolishness — n. 1. Folly, silliness, imbecility, stupidity, fatuity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness. 2. Absurdity, extravagance, nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion. 3. Puerility, childishness, triviality …   New dictionary of synonyms

• foolishness — n 1. senselessness, meaninglessness, thoughtlessness, shallowness, vacantness, blankness, vacuousness, emptiness; vapidity, vapidness, insipidity, insipidness, flatness, dullness, tediousness; stupidity, asininity, imbecility, idioticalness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• silliness — noun 1. a ludicrous folly the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown s behavior • Syn: ↑absurdity, ↑fatuity, ↑fatuousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑silly, ↑fatuous (for …   Useful english dictionary