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 [ˈfuːlɪʃ]

adj

1. unwise; silly

2. resulting from folly or stupidity

3. ridiculous or absurd; not worthy of consideration

4. weak-minded; simple

5. an archaic word for insignificant

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 It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
unwise sound, bright, sharp, smart, wise, clever, intelligent, sensible, cautious, rational, thoughtful, prudent, sane, judicious, commonsensical, sagacious

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 How foolish I was not to have seen my doctor earlier.

Translations

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] ADJ

1. (= unwise, foolhardy) [person] → insensato; [mistake] → estúpido, tonto; [decision] → imprudente
he will be remembered as a foolish man → se le recordará como un insensato
don't be foolish → no seas tonto
I was foolish but I won't resign → hice una tontería pero no voy a dimitir
it would be foolish to believe him → sería una tontería or una estupidez creerle
don't do anything foolish → no hagas ninguna tontería or insensatez
it was foolish of him to do that → fue una tontería por su parte hacer eso
it would be foolish of him to resign → sería una tontería que dimitiese
to do something foolish → hacer una tontería or insensatez
what a foolish thing to do! → ¡hacer eso fue una tontería!

2. (= ridiculous, laughable) [person, question] → estúpido, tonto
to feel foolish → sentirse ridículo, sentirse idiota
to look foolish → hacer el ridículo, quedar como un idiota
to make sb look foolish → dejar a algn en ridículo

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foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj

[person] → bête
to look foolish → avoir l'air bête

(= rash) [behaviour] → imprudent(e)

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foolish

adj person, decision, statement, action, mistake → dumm, töricht (geh); question → dumm, blöd (inf); he said his action had been foolish → er sagte, dass er sich dumm verhalten or eine Dummheit gemacht hatte; don’t do anything foolish → mach keinen Unsinn; she had done something foolish → sie hatte eine Dummheit gemacht; what a foolish thing to do → wie kann man nur so dumm sein or so etwas Dummes tun; to feel foolish → sich (dat) → dumm or lächerlich vorkommen; to look foolish → dumm aussehen, sich lächerlich machen; he’s afraid of looking foolish → er will sich nicht lächerlich machen or sich nicht blamieren; to make somebody look foolish → jdn blamieren; it made him look foolish → dadurch hat er sich blamiert

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foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj (senseless) → sciocco/a, stupido/a, insensato/a; (ridiculous) → ridicolo/a, assurdo/a; (unwise) → imprudente
that was very foolish of you → è stato molto sciocco da parte tua

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foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adj (senseless) → sciocco/a, stupido/a, insensato/a; (ridiculous) → ridicolo/a, assurdo/a; (unwise) → imprudente
that was very foolish of you → è stato molto sciocco da parte tua

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