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Foolishness — Fool ish*ness, n. 1. The quality of being foolish. [1913 Webster] 2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. [1913 Webster] The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foolishness — index credulity, ignorance, inexpedience, jargon (unintelligible language), lunacy, temerity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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 — n. foolishness to + inf. (it was foolishness to do it) * * * [ fuːlɪʃnɪs] foolishness to + inf. (it was foolishness to do it) … Combinatory 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 — foolish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. DERIVATIVES foolishly adverb foolishness noun … English terms dictionary
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 — See foolishly. * * * … Universalium
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 — 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
