foolishness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foolishness - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly folly, unwiseness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature indiscretion, injudiciousness - the trait of being injudicious fatuity, fatuousness, silliness, absurdity - a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" asininity - the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
	2.	foolishness - the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" craziness, folly, madness stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
	3.	foolishness - a stupid mistake                     betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

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foolishness

noun

1. stupidity, irresponsibility, recklessness, idiocy, weakness, absurdity, indiscretion, silliness, inanity, imprudence, rashness, foolhardiness, folly, bêtise (rare) the foolishness of dangerously squabbling politicians

2. nonsense, carrying-on (informal, chiefly Brit.), rubbish, trash, bunk (informal), claptrap (informal), rigmarole, foolery, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) There's no shortage of foolishness.

Quotations
"Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment" [Horace Odes]

Translations

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] N → insensatez f, estupidez f

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] n → stupidité f

foolishness

n → Dummheit f; enough of this foolishness → lassen wir diese Dummheiten

foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] n → stupidità

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foolishness [ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs] n → stupidità