foolish

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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foolish

Adjective

very silly, unwise, or absurd

foolishly adv
foolishness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" inadvisable, unadvisable - not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable" ill-advised, unadvised - without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations" impolitic - not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue" imprudent - not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
	2.	foolish - having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, anserine, jerky colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

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foolish

adjective 1. unwise, silly, absurd, rash, unreasonable, senseless, short-sighted, ill-advised, foolhardy, nonsensical, inane, indiscreet, ill-judged, ill-considered, imprudent, unintelligent, asinine, injudicious, incautious << OPPOSITE sensible

adjective 2. silly, stupid, mad, daft (informal) simple, weak, crazy, ridiculous, dumb (informal) ludicrous, senseless, barmy (slang) potty Brit. (informal) goofy (informal) idiotic, half-baked (informal) dotty (slang) inane, fatuous, loopy (informal) witless, crackpot (informal) moronic, brainless, half-witted, imbecilic, off your head (informal) braindead (informal) harebrained, as daft as a brush (informal), chiefly Brit. dumb-ass (slang) doltish

Translations

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj → tonto (= careless); imprudente

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] fool adj → idiot(e) → stupide (= rash); imprudent(e)

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] fool adj → dumm

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj → scemo/a, stupido/a; imprudente