You should be ashamed of your folly.
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Folly
//ˈfɑli//
Synonyms for "folly" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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101 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- μωρία noun (foolishness)
- ἀφροσύνη noun (foolishness)
- ἄνοια noun (foolishness)
Armenian
1 entries- հիմարություն noun (foolishness)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безразсъдство noun (thoughtless action)
- глупост noun (foolishness)
- скъпа но безполезна сграда noun (fanciful building)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蠢事 noun (thoughtless action)
Dutch
4 entries- domheid noun (foolishness)
- dwaasheid noun (foolishness)
- follie noun (fanciful building)
- folly noun (fanciful building)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsaĝeco noun (foolishness)
Finnish
4 entries- hullutus noun (thoughtless action)
- hulluus noun (foolishness)
- hölmöily noun (thoughtless action)
- hömpötys noun (thoughtless action)
French
3 entries- folie noun (foolishness)
- folie noun (fanciful building)
- sottise noun (foolishness)
Galician
2 entries- folía noun (foolishness)
- folía noun (thoughtless action)
German
4 entries- Aberwitz noun (foolishness)
- Dummheit noun (foolishness)
- Eselei noun (thoughtless action)
- Fahrlässigkeit noun (thoughtless action)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (foolishness)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 noun (foolishness)
Hebrew
1 entries- איוולת \ אִוֶּלֶת noun (foolishness)
Hungarian
3 entries- butaság noun (foolishness)
- könnyelműség noun (thoughtless action)
- ostobaság noun (foolishness)
Icelandic
3 entries- dáraskapur noun (foolishness)
- kenjahof noun (fanciful building)
- kjánaskapur noun (foolishness)
Irish
2 entries- amaidí noun (foolishness)
- díchiall noun (foolishness)
Italian
4 entries- eccentricità noun (fanciful building)
- edificio decorativo noun (fanciful building)
- follia noun (foolishness)
- stravaganza noun (foolishness)
Japanese
1 entries- 愚行 noun (thoughtless action)
Latin
2 entries- fatuitas noun (foolishness)
- stultitia noun (foolishness)
Latvian
3 entries- neprātība noun (foolishness)
- neprātība noun (thoughtless action)
- neprātīgums noun (foolishness)
Lingala
1 entries- liboma noun (foolishness)
Macedonian
4 entries- безу́мие noun (foolishness)
- будала́штина noun (foolishness)
- глу́пост noun (foolishness)
- лу́дост noun (foolishness)
Manx
1 entries- anchreeaght noun (foolishness)
Māori
1 entries- wawau noun (foolishness)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Domheit noun (foolishness)
Polish
2 entries- głupota noun (foolishness)
- głupstwo noun (thoughtless action)
Portuguese
1 entries- bobeira noun (foolishness)
Romanian
2 entries- clădire ornamentală noun (fanciful building)
- prostie noun (foolishness)
Russian
4 entries- безрассу́дный посту́пок noun (thoughtless action)
- безрассу́дство noun (foolishness)
- безрассу́дство noun (thoughtless action)
- блажь noun (foolishness)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- amaideachd noun (foolishness)
- amaideachd noun (thoughtless action)
- amaideas noun (foolishness)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lȕdōst noun (foolishness)
- lȕdōst noun (thoughtless action)
- лу̏до̄ст noun (foolishness)
- лу̏до̄ст noun (thoughtless action)
Spanish
4 entries- capricho noun (fanciful building)
- insensatez noun (foolishness)
- locura noun (foolishness)
- necedad noun (foolishness)
Swedish
3 entries- dåraktighet noun (foolishness)
- dårskap noun (foolishness)
- fåfänga noun (fanciful building)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I cannot help laughing at your folly.
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Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.
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What a piece of folly!
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