foolishness

fool·ish·ness

noun

Definition of FOOLISHNESS

1

: foolish behavior

2

: a foolish act or idea

Examples of FOOLISHNESS

1. <the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth>
2. <couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness, so I told them to be quiet>

First Known Use of FOOLISHNESS

15th century

Related to FOOLISHNESS

Synonyms: absurdity, asininity, balminess, brainlessness, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuity, fatuousness, folly, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, simplicity, unwisdom, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness

Antonyms: prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom

Related Words: denseness, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, feeblemindedness, gormlessness [chiefly British], idiocy, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, simplemindedness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity; fallacy, irrationality, unreasonableness; kookiness, weirdness; laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness

Near Antonyms: logicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness, reasonability, reasonableness, validity; discernment, insight, perception, percipience

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