imbecility

im·be·cil·i·ty

noun \ˌim-bə-ˈsi-lə-tē\

plural im·be·cil·i·ties

Definition of IMBECILITY

1

: the quality or state of being imbecile or an imbecile

2

a : utter foolishness; also : futility

b : something that is foolish or nonsensical

Examples of IMBECILITY

1. <was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down a dark road with no headlights on>
2. <we were stunned by the imbecility of the ideas presented by this once-respected biologist>

First Known Use of IMBECILITY

circa 1533

Related to IMBECILITY

Synonyms

absurdity, asininity, bêtise, fatuity, foolery, foppery, idiocy, folly, inanity, insanity, lunacy, stupidity

Antonyms

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

Related Words

absurdness, craziness, foolishness, inaneness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; buffoonery, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; drivel, humbug, nonsense, twaddle; blunder, bungle, flub, goof, howler

Near Antonyms

discretion, forethought, prudence, sagacity, wisdom; brainstorm, inspiration

Rhymes with IMBECILITY

actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, capability, changeability, clubbability, coilability, contractility, countability, credibility, crossability, culpability, curability, cutability, disability, disutility, drapability, drillability, drinkability, drivability, durability, dyeability, edibility, equability, erectility, fallibility, feasibility, fishability, flammability, flexibility, forgeability, formability, frangibility, friability, fungibility, fusibility, gullibility, hatchability, ignobility, immobility, inability, incivility, indocility, infantility, infertility, instability, inutility, juvenility, leachability, legibility, liability, likability, livability, lovability, mailability, meltability, miscibility, movability, mutability, notability, packability, placability, plausibility, playability, pliability, portability, possibility, potability, pregnability, prehensility, printability, probability, puerility, readability, rentability, risibility, roadability, salability, sensibility, sewability, shareability, sociability, solubility, solvability, spreadability, squeezability, stainability, stretchability, suitability, tenability, testability, traceability, trainability, treatability, tunability, usability, vendibility, versatility, viability, visibility, volatility, washability, wearability, wettability, workability