foolishness

Определение foolishness в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: The state of being foolish; A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity; {n} folly, a want of understanding; the quality of being rash and foolish; the trait of acting stupidly or rashly; a stupid mistake; {i} stupidity, silliness, nonsense; The quality of being foolish; A foolish practice; an absurdity; blockheadedness; folly
fool: A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream
fool: To trick; to make a fool of someone
fool: Someone who very much likes something specified
I'm a fool for the city.
fool: A particular card in a tarot deck
fool: A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court
foolish: unwise
fool: {v} to trifle, toy, disappoint, defeat, cheat
fool: {n} a foolish person, oaf, buffoon, wicked man
foolish: {a} weak in understanding, imprudent, wicked
Foolish: soft
Foolish: rattlebrained
fool: a person who lacks good judgment
fool: If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. Your brother is making a fool of you He'd been made a fool of
fool: A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; commonly called gooseberry fool
fool: One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person
fool: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
fool: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
fool: If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. He was drinking and making a fool of himself
fool: disapproval If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. `You fool!' she shouted He'd been a fool to get involved with her! = idiot
fool: If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. Art dealers fool a lot of people Don't be fooled by his appearance They tried to fool you into coming after us. = trick, con
fool: One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments
fool: disapproval Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. What a damn fool thing to do!
fool: {f} play a joke on, trick; act like a fool; joke, play around
fool: {i} idiot, dummy; clown; court jester
fool: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool: A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court
fool: a person who lacks good judgment make a fool or dupe of
fool: To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth
fool: One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural
fool: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
fool: A person with poor judgment or little intelligence
fool: A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt
fool: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
fool: To infatuate; to make foolish
fool: If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?
fool: make a fool or dupe of
fool: To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money
fool: disapproval If you say to someone `More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them
fool: If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling. or jester Comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and gave him license to abuse and poke fun at even his most exalted patrons. Professional fools flourished in diverse societies from ancient Egyptian times until the 18th century. Often deformed, dwarfed, or crippled, fools were kept for luck as well as amusement, in the belief that deformity can avert the evil eye and that abusive raillery can transfer ill luck from the abused to the abuser. In some societies, they were regarded as inspired with poetic and prophetic powers. The greatest literary characterization of the fool is found in William Shakespeare's King Lear. fool's gold April Fools' Day All Fools' Day
foolish: Resembling or characteristic of a fool
foolish: devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision
foolish: lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
foolish: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
foolish: {s} stupid, silly; nonsensical, idiotic
foolish: Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise
foolish: If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you. I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at. = ridiculous + foolishly fool·ish·ly He saw me standing there, grinning foolishly at him
foolish: Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible
foolish: devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
foolish: If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily It is foolish to risk skin cancer. + foolishly fool·ish·ly He admitted that he had acted foolishly. + foolishness fool·ish·ness They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money
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
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