Synonyms for witlessness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : wit-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪt lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for witlessness Other synonyms for the word witlessness
- aberration
- absurdness
- asininity
- brainsickness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- daftness
- delirium
- delusion
- derangement
- distraction
- disturbance
- dotage
- dottiness
- dumb thing to do
- dumb trick
- fatuity
- fool trick
- foolery
- frivolity
- giddiness
- hallucination
- horse feathers
- illusion
- imbecility
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inadvisability
- inanity
- indiscretion
- ineptitude
- insaneness
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- mental disorder
- mental illness
- mistake
- neurosis
- nonsense
- nonsensicality
- obliquity
- phobia
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- psychopathy
- psychosis
- rashness
- recklessness
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- simplicity
- stupidity
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- triviality
- twaddle
- unbalance
- unreasonableness
- unsoundness
- unwiseness
- vice
- weakness
- witlessness
- zaniness
Définition of witlessness
Origin :- Old English witleas; see wit (n.) + -less. Phrase scared witless attested from 1975. Related: Witlessly; witlessness.
- As in insanity : noun mental illness; foolishness
- As in stupidity : noun extreme folly
- As in imbecility : noun foolishness
- As in insaneness : noun insanity
- As in psychopathy : noun insanity
- As in senselessness : noun foolishness
- As in folly : noun nonsense, ridiculous idea
- As in foolishness : noun idiocy, nonsense
- He's too good a fellow to turn down in his little day of witlessness.
- Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde
- Perhaps, too, she had another reason for regretting her companion's witlessness.
- Extract from : « Archibald Malmaison » by Julian Hawthorne
- But so far neither avarice nor witlessness has betrayed anything.
- Extract from : « The Unveiling of Lhasa » by Edmund Candler
- His intelligence might be equalled, but not his witlessness!
- Extract from : « The Wisdom of Confucius » by Epiphanius Wilson
- It describes the inward shrinking and shrivelling of a depraved nature, the witlessness which results from wickedness.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs » by R. F. Horton
Antonyms for witlessness
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