foolish
505
1.3
- adjective
- /ˈfuːlɪʃ/
:
insensato
- It was foolish to ignore the warnings about the storm and go hiking anyway.
- look foolish
- feel foolish
- appear foolish
They're they're Mad Men, they're foolish, they make bad decisions.
- They're they're Mad Men, they're foolish, they make bad decisions.
- I don't know if it's brave or foolish, but I'd like maybe it's brave.
- And not everybody is as foolish to try to be both.
- Because I was just a foolish young kid doing that.
- They they wouldn't be foolish enough to come back.
- when in a split second of time he made a foolish decision.
- We don't have to confuse people with foolish language.
- I don't trap myself in in foolish beliefs.
- So being cheap with attorneys is really, really foolish.
- But as a default presumption, it's just utterly foolish.
- You made them feel foolish, look bad, feel bad, feel hurt.
- That they were foolish, you know, foolish enough, you know, I'll give you.
- And won't you feel foolish when it all falls apart?
Examples
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That was a foolish thing you did back there.
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Everett feels that it's foolish to keep this place going as things stand.
Fiction book (1990) -
Because I was just a foolish young kid doing that.
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when in a split second of time he made a foolish decision.
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Oh my God, how foolish were we?
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Was he trying to say that I had been foolish not to leave such a note?
Fiction book (1990) -
Trying to place a monetary value on everything is a foolish activity.
Academic text (2011) -
We can't be foolish now.
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The first of these options is not as foolish as it might seem at first glance.
Academic text (1990) -
You mustn't take foolish chances.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not intelligent and showing poor judgment
976
1.0
Not sensible and often a little foolish
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
115
4.4
Very silly and showing bad judgment
69
4.2
Foolish and having no clear reason
40
3.5
A bad idea that shows a person does not think carefully
19
6.7
Not very smart and likely to act in a silly way
16
7.4
Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen
5
8.8
Very stupid or showing poor judgment
2
9.8
Silly in a way that shows bad judgment
1
9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
8.4
Very silly and not showing good sense
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
1
9.9
Being silly and not thinking clearly
Too silly and not careful about important things
Very foolish and showing little sense
Very foolish and showing little common sense
A person who is foolish and lacks common sense
Very foolish or not showing any reaction
Very stupid and not able to think clearly
Silly and acting in a foolish, awkward way
Very foolish and not showing good sense
An old word for someone who is foolish or silly
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Etymology
The word foolish comes from fool plus the ending -ish. Long ago fool came from the Latin follis, meaning 'bellows' or 'windbag' as a picture of someone 'empty-headed', and -ish means 'having the quality of', so foolish means 'having the quality of a fool', that is 'not wise'.