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foolish definition
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Grep of noun foolish foolish woman foolishness Overview of adj foolish The adj foolish has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) foolish -- (devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision") 2. anserine, dopy, dopey, fool, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike -- ((informal) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books") Antonyms of adj foolish 2 senses of foolish Sense 1 foolish (vs. wise) wise (vs. foolish) => all-knowing, omniscient => owlish => sage => perspicacious, sagacious, sapient Sense 2 anserine, dopy, dopey, fool(postnominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart Similarity of adj foolish 2 senses of foolish Sense 1 foolish (vs. wise) => absurd, derisory, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous => asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous => cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable => asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous => fond => harebrained, insane, mad => ill-conceived, misguided => rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty => unwise Also See-> impolitic#1; imprudent#1; inadvisable#1, unadvisable#1; ill-advised#1, unadvised#1 Sense 2 anserine, dopy, dopey, fool(postnominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike => stupid (vs. smart) Attributes of adj foolish Familiarity of adj foolish foolish used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj foolish foolish pound-foolish Overview of adj foolish The adj foolish has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) foolish -- (devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision") 2. anserine, dopy, dopey, fool, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike -- ((informal) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books")
foolish definition
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