foolishness
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Definition of foolishness
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Synonyms & Antonyms for foolishness
Synonyms
absurdity, asininity, balminess, brainlessness, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuity, fatuousness, folly, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, simplicity, unwisdom, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness
Antonyms
prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom
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Examples of foolishness in a Sentence
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Maybe not by name, but undoubtedly her foolishness rings a bell. — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, "Opinion: The African Americans For Trump Coalition Will Be Reaching Out To You Soon, Bless Their Hearts," 8 Aug. 2019 Physicians think the entire idea of detox pearls is absolute foolishness. — Essence, "Ask An OB-GYN: Will Detox Pearls Solve All My 'Gina' Problems?," 14 June 2019 For all of its fantastical foolishness, Los Espookys is, at its heart, a comedy about friendship, following your passions, and fighting the urge to fit in. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, "A love letter to Los Espookys, TV's most delightful freak show," 3 July 2019 Thought that foolishness was taken care of on April 1. ... — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Kawhi looks like third on SDSU’s Mt. Rushmore, but who’s fourth?," 23 June 2019 When will local citizens understand the dangers associated with corporate factory farms and challenge the foolishness of public officials who approve these facilities? — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, "Letters: A cougar is no surprise in factory farm country," 14 June 2019 At the low end, a kind of all-you-can-eat junk food buffet of venality and waste and foolishness. — New York Times, "The Billion-Dollar Fiefs," 17 May 2018 But once the safety net is unfurled, sending mixed signals was the height of foolishness, with the result that an even bigger, more controversial bailout was needed to corral the ensuing panic. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "What Really Happened in 2008," 18 Sep. 2018 But she, in all her weakness and foolishness and baseness and nothingness, was incapable of loving IT. . . — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Children’s Books: Stirring Up Fresh Life Endlessly," 21 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'foolishness.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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