Fribbling
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fribbling — adjective : frivolous, trifling, captious fribbling banalities P.A.Samuelson * * * fribbˈling or fribbˈlish adjective Trifling • • • Main Entry: ↑fribble … Useful english dictionary
fribbling — n. frivolousness; trivialness; frivolous person; something trifling and unimportant v. behave frivolously, trifle; spend foolishly … English contemporary dictionary
Fribble — Frib ble, v. i. 1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously. [1913 Webster] The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. To totter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fribble — I. verb (fribbled; fribbling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1633 transitive verb to trifle or fool away intransitive verb 1. trifle 2. obsolete dodder II … New Collegiate Dictionary
fribble — fribbler, n. /frib euhl/, v., fribbled, fribbling, n., adj. v.i. 1. to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle. v.t. 2. to waste foolishly (often fol. by away): He fribbled away one opportunity after another. n. 3. a foolish or frivolous… … Universalium
airy — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, Olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, altitudinous, animated, apparent, apparitional, ascending, asinine,… … Moby Thesaurus
asinine — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, absurd, airy, apish, batty, beef brained, beef witted, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blockish, bovid, bovine, brainless, buffoonish, caprid, caprine, catchpenny, chumpish, cloddish, cockeyed, cowish, cowlike … Moby Thesaurus
empty — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, absurd, aimless, airy, apparently sound, arid, asinine, awkward, banal, bare, barren, baseless, blah, bland, blank, blankminded, bleached, bleed, bloodless, blow, blow out, bootless, broach, callow, calm,… … Moby Thesaurus
fatuous — Synonyms and related words: absurd, air built, airy, apish, asinine, barren, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blank, blankminded, bootless, brainless, buffoonish, calm, catchpenny, chimerical, cloud built, cockeyed, counterproductive, crazy,… … Moby Thesaurus
flimsy — Synonyms and related words: adulterated, airy, asinine, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, catchpenny, cheap jack, cobwebby, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, cut, dainty, decrepit, delicate,… … Moby Thesaurus
