Foolish
1foolish — 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,… …
2Foolish — 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;… …
3Foolish — 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 …
4Foolish — 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… …
5foolish — index fatuous, ill advised, impolitic, imprudent, inept (incompetent), irrational, ludicrous, lunatic …
6foolish — (adj.) early 14c., from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Foolishly; foolishness. Old English words for this were dysig, stunt, dol …
7foolish — [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,… …
8foolish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. DERIVATIVES foolishly adverb foolishness noun …
9foolish — [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 …
10foolish — 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… …
