Antonyms for follies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fol-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɒl i

Definition of follies

Origin : "revue with glamorous female performers," 1908, from French folies (mid-19c.), from folie (see folly), probably in its sense of "extravagance" (cf. extravaganza).

noun nonsense, ridiculous idea

Example sentences :

I have no enmity to these ladies; I only despise them, or rather, their follies and their faults.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

How kind has he ever been to all my follies, how tender and indulgent to all my wishes!
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

In such circumstances I cannot seek to extenuate any of my faults or follies.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I am afraid that I am about to suffer for the follies of my youth.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

I know that method of excusing all male weaknesses and follies.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

"It is not desirable to remember all the follies of childhood," said Emily, coldly.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various

And don't think I charge you with all the follies of this ridiculous distemper.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

My remaining in Paris is the crowning folly of a life full of follies and mistakes.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

It was true they were the vices and the follies of the age which she ridiculed; but why should she have ever known them?
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

We know all his follies and frailties, but we still adore him.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for follies

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