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foolish

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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.

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.

foolish
Adjective
very silly, unwise, or absurd
foolishly adv
foolishness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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.foolishfoolish - having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
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

foolish
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
Spanish foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adjtonto (= careless); imprudente
French foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] fool adjidiot(e)stupide (= rash); imprudent(e)
German foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] fool adjdumm
Italian foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] adjscemo/a, stupido/a; imprudente

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It stood close to the roadside and over the door was a sign that read: "Miss Foolish Owl and Mr.
But all these foolish arguments of old Sag-Harbor only evinced his foolish pride of reason --a thing still more reprehensible in him, seeing that he had but little learning except what he had picked up from the sun and the sea.
For the cool fresh dew will render thee far More lovely and sweet than the brightest star; They were made for Heaven, and can never come to shine Like the fire-fly thou hast in that foolish breast of thine.
 
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