foolishness

fool·ish  (flsh)

adj.

1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: foolish remarks.

2. Resulting from stupidity or misinformation; unwise: a foolish decision.

3. Arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.

4. Immoderate or stubborn; unreasonable: foolish pride; foolish love.

5. Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.

6. Insignificant; trivial: spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.

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foolish·ly adv.

foolish·ness n.

Synonyms: foolish, silly, fatuous, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous
These adjectives are applied to what is so devoid of wisdom or good sense as to be laughable: a foolish expenditure of energy; a silly argument; made fatuous remarks; an absurd idea that is bound to fail; a preposterous excuse that no one believed; offered a ridiculous explanation for his tardiness; a ludicrous criticism that was immediately dismissed.

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Foolishness 

See Also: ABSURDITY, FUTILITY, STUPIDITY

1. A blockhead is as ridiculous when he talks as is a goose when it flies —Lord Halifax

   The words ‘talks’ and ‘flies’ have been modernized from the old English ‘talketh’ and ‘flieth.’

2. Comparing them [American and Oriental women] is like comparing oven broilers and banties —Bobbie Ann Mason
3. Felt foolishness drag like excess flesh on his face —Sharon Sheehe Stark
4. Foolish as to cut off the head to preserve the hair —Anon

   An alternative to the cliche, “As foolish as to cut off your nose to spite your face.”

5. Foolish as to judge a horse by its harness —Anon
6. A fool is like other men as long as he is silent —Jacob Cats
7. A fool … says little, but that little said owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead —William Cowper
8. Gullible as geese —Anon
9. How foolish one would be to climb into the ring with love and try to trade blows with him, like a boxer —Sophocles
10. If all fools wore white caps, we should look like a flock of geese —Proverb
11. I’ll not be a fool like the nightingale who is up till midnight without any ale —Dylan Thomas
12. Life’s little suckers chirp like crickets while spending all on losing tickets —Ogden Nash
13. Lightheaded as a thistle —Mary Lavin

    See Also: LIGHTNESS

14. A man who commits suicide is like a man who longs for a gate to be opened and who cuts his throat before he reaches the gate —Dylan Thomas
15. Senseless … it’s like wearing a bulletproof vest with a hole over the heart —Senator John Heinz, December, 1985 news item
16. Unrealistic … like someone who eats like a linebacker but yearns for the shape of a fashion model —Anon

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foolishness - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly folly, unwiseness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature indiscretion, injudiciousness - the trait of being injudicious fatuity, fatuousness, silliness, absurdity - a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" asininity - the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
	2.	foolishness - the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" craziness, folly, madness stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
	3.	foolishness - a stupid mistake                     betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

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foolishness

noun

1. stupidity, irresponsibility, recklessness, idiocy, weakness, absurdity, indiscretion, silliness, inanity, imprudence, rashness, foolhardiness, folly, bêtise (rare) the foolishness of dangerously squabbling politicians

2. nonsense, carrying-on (informal, chiefly Brit.), rubbish, trash, bunk (informal), claptrap (informal), rigmarole, foolery, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) There's no shortage of foolishness.

Quotations
"Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment" [Horace Odes]

Translations

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] N → insensatez f, estupidez f

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] n → stupidité f

foolishness

n → Dummheit f; enough of this foolishness → lassen wir diese Dummheiten

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] n → stupidità