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1. (adj.) foolish
resulting from or showing a lack of sense.
2. foolish
lacking forethought or caution.
3. foolish
insignificant or paltry.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'foolish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) foolish
devoid of good sense or judgment
"foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
2. (adj) anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky
having or revealing stupidity
"ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
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1. (adjective) foolish
not sensible or wise
Don't be foolish - it's too dangerous.; foolish behavior; I foolishly accepted her challenge.; This foolishness must stop!
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) foolish
marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise
2. (adj) foolish
such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act
3. (adj) foolish
absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible
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Sense: having no sense
He is a foolish young man.
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 Afrikaans: dwaas; onverstandige |
 Arabic: غَبي |
 Bulgarian: глупав |
 Brazilian: tolo |
 Czech: nerozumný |
 German: dumm |
 Danish: tåbelig |
 Greek: ανόητος |
 Spanish: tonto |
 Estonian: rumal |
 Farsi: احمق |
 Finnish: typerä |
 French: étourdi, stupide |
 Hebrew: טִיפֵּשׁ |
 Hindi: मूर्ख |
 Croatian: budalast, neozbiljan |
 Hungarian: bolond |
 Indonesian: bodoh |
 Icelandic: heimskulegur |
 Italian: stupido |
 Japanese: 愚かな |
 Korean: 분별이 없는 |
 Lithuanian: kvailas |
 Latvian: muļķīgs |
 Malay: bodoh |
 Dutch: dwaas |
 Norwegian: fjollet, tosket, skrullet |
 Polish: głupi, niemądry |
 Persian: احمق |
 Pashto: بې عقل، بې ادبه، جاهل، بې |
 Portuguese: parvo |
 Romanian: fără minte; absurd |
 Russian: глупый |
 Slovak: nerozumný |
 Slovenian: nespameten |
 Serbian: budalast |
 Swedish: dåraktig, dum |
 Thai: เขลา |
 Turkish: aptal |
 Taiwanese: 愚蠢的 |
 Ukrainian: дурний; безглуздий |
 Urdu: بے وقوف |
 Vietnamese: dại dột; ngớ ngẩn |
 Chinese: 愚蠢的 |
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