If it had not been for your foolishness, we would never have been in that trouble.
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Foolishness
//ˈfuːlɪʃnəs//
Synonyms for "foolishness" (169 found)
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Related words (84)
Noun(20 words)
lackbrainednesslackwittednesslevitylightnesslow iqludicrousnessmental blanknessmental weaknessmercurialitymindlessnessmischiefmischievousnessmuch ado about nothingnirvananonsensenugacityoblivionpassivityplayfulnessprankishness
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pranksomenessprattlepreposterousnessprimal stupiditypuckishnessquietismreasonlessnessrogueryroguishnessscampishnesssenselessnessshallownesssillinessslackmindednessslackwittednessslendernessslightnesssportivenessstupiditysuperficialitytabula rasatempest in a teapotthoughtfreenessthoughtlessnesstranquillitytriflingnesstritenesstrivialitytrivialnessunintellectualityunintelligenceunreasonablenessunwisdomunwisenessurdummheitvacancyvacuityvanityvapidityvolatilitywaggerywaggishnesswitlessnessyouthful spirits
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1 entriesSynonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μωρία noun (state of being foolish)
- ἀφροσύνη noun (state of being foolish)
Arabic
1 entries- حَمَاقَة noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Armenian
2 entries- հիմարություն noun (state of being foolish)
- հիմարություն noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Bulgarian
4 entries- глупост noun (state of being foolish)
- глупост noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- неблагоразу́мие noun (state of being foolish)
- неразумност noun (state of being foolish)
Chichewa
1 entries- utsiru noun (state of being foolish)
Czech
2 entries- pošetilost noun (state of being foolish)
- pošetilost noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Danish
2 entries- tåbelighed noun (state of being foolish)
- tåbelighed noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsaĝeco noun (state of being foolish)
Finnish
2 entries- typeryys noun (state of being foolish)
- typeryys noun (thing or event that is foolish)
French
4 entries- bêtise noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- déraison noun (state of being foolish)
- folie noun (state of being foolish)
- folie noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Galician
4 entries- loucura noun (state of being foolish)
- tolaxe noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- tolemia noun (state of being foolish)
- tolería noun (thing or event that is foolish)
German
4 entries- Dummheit noun (state of being foolish)
- Dummheit noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- Narrentum noun (state of being foolish)
- Narrheit noun (state of being foolish)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 noun (state of being foolish)
Irish
4 entries- aineagna noun (state of being foolish)
- amadántacht noun (state of being foolish)
- amlógacht noun (state of being foolish)
- baothántacht noun (state of being foolish)
Italian
4 entries- malaccortezza noun (state of being foolish)
- pazzia noun (state of being foolish)
- sciocchezza noun (state of being foolish)
- sciocchezza noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- jatura noun (state of being foolish)
- jatura noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្បែ noun (state of being foolish)
Latin
3 entries- fatuitās noun (state of being foolish)
- stultitia noun (state of being foolish)
- stultitia noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Latvian
4 entries- dumjība noun (state of being foolish)
- dumjība noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- muļķība noun (state of being foolish)
- muļķība noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Macedonian
4 entries- будала́штина noun (state of being foolish)
- глу́пост noun (state of being foolish)
- глу́пост noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- нера́зумност noun (state of being foolish)
Manx
2 entries- anchreeaght noun (state of being foolish)
- meecheeall noun (state of being foolish)
Middle English
1 entries- unwisdom noun (state of being foolish)
Old English
2 entries- unwīsdōm noun (state of being foolish)
- unġesċēadwisnes noun (state of being foolish)
Polish
2 entries- głupota noun (state of being foolish)
- głupota noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Portuguese
2 entries- tolice noun (state of being foolish)
- tolice noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Russian
2 entries- глу́пость noun (state of being foolish)
- глу́пость noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Sardinian
4 entries- bambidudine noun (state of being foolish)
- macchìghine noun (state of being foolish)
- macchìne noun (state of being foolish)
- scimpròriu noun (state of being foolish)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- amaideas noun (state of being foolish)
- amaideas noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Spanish
4 entries- necedad noun (state of being foolish)
- necedad noun (thing or event that is foolish)
- nescedad (disused) noun (state of being foolish)
- nescedad (disused) noun (thing or event that is foolish)
Swahili
1 entries- upumbavu noun (state of being foolish)
Ukrainian
2 entries- безглуздість noun (state of being foolish)
- нерозсудливість noun (state of being foolish)
Unami
1 entries- kpëcheokàn noun (state of being foolish)
Volapük
1 entries- fop noun (state of being foolish)
Yiddish
1 entries- נאַרישקייט noun (state of being foolish)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He was amazed at his foolishness.
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Artificial intelligence cannot beat natural foolishness.
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Picasso was no clown. He was a sarcastic commentator on a confused age, a great archivist of humanity's foolishness.
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