foolish

foolish
Synonyms and related words:
Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, arch, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, bemused, besotted, beyond belief, bizarre, blockheaded, boneheaded, brainless, brash, buffoonish, catchpenny, cockamamie, cockeyed, confused, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dazed, demented, devilish, dim, dim-witted, dippy, dizzy, dopey, doting, dotty, dull-witted, dumb, elfish, elvish, empty, empty-headed, erratic, extravagant, fantastic, fatuitous, fatuous, feebleminded, flaky, flimsy, fond, fool, foolhardy, foolheaded, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fuddled, full of mischief, futile, gaga, goofy, grotesque, gulled, hasty, headless, headlong, heedless, high-flown, high-spirited, idiotic, idle, ignorant, ill-advised, ill-considered, illogical, imbecile, imbecilic, impetuous, impish, impolitic, imprudent, inane, incautious, incredible, indiscreet, inept, infatuated, injudicious, insane, insensate, irrational, knavish, kooky, lackbrained, laughable, lean-minded, lean-witted, light, light-headed, loony, ludicrous, mad, maudlin, mindless, mischief-loving, mischievous, misguided, monstrous, moronic, nonsensical, not bright, nugacious, nugatory, numskulled, nuts, nutty, obtuse, of little brain, otiose, outrageous, outre, pea-brained, pin-brained, playful, poppycockish, potty, prankish, pranksome, pranky, preposterous, puckish, rash, reasonless, reckless, ridiculous, roguish, rubbishy, sappy, scampish, scapegrace, scatterbrained, screwy, senseless, sentimental, shallow, short-sighted, silly, skimble-skamble, slackminded, slackwitted, slender, slight, slow-witted, sportive, stolid, stupid, superficial, thick, thickheaded, thoughtless, trashy, trickish, tricksy, trifling, trite, trivial, twaddling, twaddly, ungifted, unintellectual, unintelligent, unorthodox, unreasonable, unreasoning, unstable, untalented, unthinking, unwary, unwise, unwitty, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky, waggish, weak-minded, weird, wet, wild, windy, witless

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  • foolish — 1 *simple, silly, fatuous, asinine Analogous words: idiotic, imbecilic, moronic (see corresponding nouns at FOOL) Contrasted words: intelligent, clever, quick witted, bright, smart 2 Foolish, silly, absurd, preposterous, as applied to a person,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Foolish — Fool ish, a. 1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. [1913 Webster] I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Such as a fool would do;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foolish — may refer to:* Foolish (album), Superchunk s fourth studio album * Foolish (song), the debut single by Ashanti * , a book of stories and poems by Ashanti * Foolish (Shawty Lo song)ee also* Foolishness …   Wikipedia

  • Foolish — bezeichnet: Foolish (Lied), Lied der US amerikanischen Sängerin Ashanti Siehe auch: Foolish Wives (deutscher Titel: Törichte Frauen), US amerikanisches Filmdrama von Erich von Stroheim These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You), Jazz Lied von Harry… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • foolish — index fatuous, ill advised, impolitic, imprudent, inept (incompetent), irrational, ludicrous, lunatic …   Law dictionary

  • foolish — (adj.) early 14c., from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Foolishly; foolishness. Old English words for this were dysig, stunt, dol …   Etymology dictionary

  • foolish — [adj] nonsensical, idiotic absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dippy*, doltish*, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half baked*, half witted*, harebrained*, ill advised, ill considered, imbecilic, imprudent,… …   New thesaurus

  • foolish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. DERIVATIVES foolishly adverb foolishness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • foolish — [fo͞ol′ish] adj. [ME folish] 1. without good sense; silly; unwise 2. a) ridiculous; absurd b) abashed; embarrassed 3. Archaic humble SYN. ABSURD foolishly adv. foolishne …   English World dictionary

  • foolish — fool|ish [ˈfu:lıʃ] adj 1.) a foolish action, remark etc is stupid and shows that someone is not thinking sensibly = ↑silly ▪ I ve never heard anything so foolish in all my life. ▪ It would be foolish to ignore his advice. be foolish enough to do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • foolish — foolishly, adv. foolishness, n. /fooh lish/, adj. 1. resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech. 2. lacking forethought or caution. 3. trifling, insignificant, or paltry. [1250 1300; ME… …   Universalium

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