Synonyms for frivolousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : friv-uh-luhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɪv ə ləs |
Top 10 synonyms for frivolousness Other synonyms for the word frivolousness
- baseness
- bootlessness
- cheapness
- coquetting
- dallying
- emptiness
- fribble
- frivolousness
- fruitlessness
- giddiness
- hollowness
- idleness
- inconsequence
- inconsiderableness
- ineffectiveness
- ineffectuality
- irrelevance
- jest
- lightheartedness
- lightness
- meaninglessness
- measliness
- negligibility
- negligible
- negligibleness
- nonsense
- paltriness
- play
- pointlessness
- puerility
- senselessness
- shabbiness
- shallowness
- smallness
- sport
- subordination
- superficiality
- toying
- trifle
- trifling
- triviality
- trivialness
- unavailingness
- unimportance
- unprofitableness
- uselessness
- vainness
- vanity
- volatility
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- worthlessness
Définition of frivolousness
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless, brittle," diminutive of *frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumble." Related: Frivolously; frivolousness.
- As in negligibility : noun pettiness
- As in negligibleness : noun pettiness
- As in triviality : noun pettiness
- As in trivialness : noun pettiness
- As in unavailingness : noun futility
- As in unprofitableness : noun futility
- As in uselessness : noun futility
- As in vainness : noun futility
- As in frivolity : noun silliness, childishness
- As in futility : noun uselessness
- Unconsciously he made Thea pay for frivolousness of this sort.
- Extract from : « Song of the Lark » by Willa Cather
- Frivolousness never goes away from the royal Presence rich with surprises of grace.
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- It is better far because our seriousness comes back to dwell with us; and our frivolousness does the same.
- Extract from : « The Bible and Life » by Edwin Holt Hughes
- The question whether a spice of frivolousness may not be a safeguard has often risen before me.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- He had that contempt for all dallying and toying and lightness and frivolousness that hard, serious workers always have.
- Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs
- It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.
- Extract from : « From the Bottom Up » by Alexander Irvine
Antonyms for frivolousness
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