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Antonyms for foolishness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : foo-lish |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfu lɪʃ |
Definition of foolishness
Origin :- early 14c., from fool (n.) + -ish. Related: Foolishly; foolishness. Old English words for this were dysig, stunt, dol.
- noun idiocy, nonsense
- His long habit of thought concerning her enabled him to master this foolishness.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We must protect her from the consequences of her own foolishness.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- It just came over me, all at once, that I—It was just foolishness.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I didn't enter him; that was somebody else's foolishness, and I don't want to back him.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "Don't ye be lettin' yourself belave your own foolishness," she said.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "Now stop this nerve strain and this foolishness," he said tersely.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- All my devices of horse-hair and deer-hide snares were foolishness in their sharp eyes.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- But I know it is all foolishness, as well as you do, all craziness.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- But I always have a little distrust for the foolishness of a person who has once been a knave.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- But, in my foolishness, I forgot to ask for everlasting youth.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
Synonyms for foolishness
- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- mistake
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
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