fatuous

fat·u·ous (f

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

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Adj.

fatuous - 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

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asinine barmy Bushism crazy daft dork Fatuitous fatuously foolish foolishly foolishness idiotic imbecile inane infatuate insane mindless schmo schmuck	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. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context	fatstock fatted fatten fatten out fatten up fattened fattener fattening Fattiness fattish fattism fattoush fatty fatty acid fatty alcohol Fatty clays fatty degeneration Fatty heart Fatty infiltration fatty liver fatty oil fatty tissue Fatty tumor Fatuitous fatuity fatuous fatuously Fatuousness fatwa fatwah fatwood faubourg faucal fauces faucet Fauchion Faucial faucial tonsil faugh Faulchion Faulcon Fauld Faule Faulkner fault fault line fault plane fault tree fault-finder fault-finding Faulter	Fatty streak Fatty streak fatty tissue fatty tissue fatty tissue fatty tissue Fatty tumor Fatty tumor Fatty tumor Fatty-acid Fatty-acid Fatty-acid Fatty-acid Fatty-Acid Modified, Cholesterol-Reduced Animal Fat fatty-acid pitch Fatty-Acid Transport Protein Fatty-acids Fatty-acids Fatty-acids Fatty-acids Fatty-Acyl-Ethyl-Ester Synthase Fatu fatuities fatuities Fatuitous Fatuitous fatuity fatuity FATUM Fatumatu Zehara Aid Organization fatuous fatuously fatuously fatuousness fatuousness Fatura Faturamento movimento FATUS Fatuus FATW fatwa fatwa fatwa fatwa fatwah FatWallet Finance Fatwallet.com Fatware fatwas fatwas fatwas fatwas fatwood FATWWTRC Fatykh Karim FATZ Fau Fau bordon Fau bordon FAUATH FAUB

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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.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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