foolishness

  • 71tomfoolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. silliness, horseplay, frolic; see fun . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. silliness, foolishness, childish behavior, nonsense, *monkeyshines, *shenanigans, antics, joking, jesting, *horseplay, high jinks. ANT.: seriousness,… …

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  • 73foolish — [[t]fu͟ːlɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf If someone s behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgement. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily... It is foolish to risk skin cancer.… …

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  • 74monkey business — nonsense, foolishness, funny stuff    I ve had enough of your monkey business. No more foolishness …

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  • 76folly — n. 1. Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness. 2. Absurdity, foolishness, extravagance, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, fatuity, indiscretion. 3. Act of folly, foolish act, indiscretion, blunder, faux pas. 4 …

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  • 77stupidity — noun 1) he cursed their stupidity Syn: lack of intelligence, foolishness, denseness, brainlessness, ignorance, dull wittedness, slow wittedness, doltishness, slowness; informal thickness, dimness, dopiness 2) the stupidity of the question Syn …

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  • 78footle — v 1. caper, prance, frisk, gambol, be playful or jocose; fool around, Inf. mess around, Sl. screw around, Sl. horse around, act childish; get into mischief, Inf. pull shenanigans, play a prank or trick; be silly, joke, jest, clown, play the… …

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  • 79stupidity — noun 1. a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience (Freq. 5) • Ant: ↑intelligence • Derivationally related forms: ↑stupid • Hypernyms: ↑inability • Hyponyms …

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  • 80unwiseness — noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly • Syn: ↑folly, ↑foolishness • Ant: ↑wisdom (for: ↑folly) • Derivationally related forms: ↑unwise, ↑ …

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