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fatuous

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fat·u·ous  (fch-s)
adj.
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way" (Sinclair Lewis). See Synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin fatuus.]
fatu·ous·ly adv.
fatu·ous·ness n.
fatuous [ˈfætjʊəs]
adj
complacently or inanely foolish
[from Latin fatuus; related to fatiscere to gape]
fatuously  adv
fatuousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fatuousfatuous - devoid of intelligence              
asinine, inane, vacuous, mindless
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
fatuous
adjective foolish, stupid, silly, dull, absurd, dense, ludicrous, lunatic, mindless, idiotic, vacuous, inane, witless, puerile, moronic, brainless, asinine, weak-minded, dumb-ass (slang) That is not a fatuous argument, it has to be taken seriously.
Translations
fatuous [ˈfætjʊəs] ADJ [remark] → necio, fatuo; [smile] → tonto
fatuous [ˈfætʃuəs] adj [remark, argument, idea] → stupide
fatuous
adj → töricht (geh), → albern
fatuous [ˈfætjʊəs] adj → fatuo/a
fatuous [ˈfætjʊəs] adj → fatuo/a


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The man to win her is he who calls loudly for his drink, without a "Please" or a "Thank you," throws his hat at the back of his head, gulps down half his glass, and, while drawing breath for the other half, takes a hard, indifferent look at her, and in an off-hand voice throws her some fatuous, mirthless jest.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
"I am, of course, a mere student," said I, with a fatuous smile, "hardly more, I might say, than an earnest inquirer.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Several other women also chimed in, with an animus which none of them would have been so fatuous as to show but for the rollicking evening they had passed.
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