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foolishnessnoun lack of good sense or judgmentthe foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth 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 denseness, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness(also dulness), dumbness, feeblemindedness, gormlessness(chiefly British), idiocy, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, simplemindedness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuityfallacy, irrationality, unreasonablenesskookiness, weirdnesslaughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom logicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness, reasonability, reasonableness, validitydiscernment, insight, perception, percipience language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sensecouldn't listen to another second of their foolishness, so I told them to be quiet applesauce(slang), balderdash, baloney(also boloney), beans, bilge, blah(also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull(slang), bunk, bunkum(or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop(British), crapola(slang), crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel(British), flapdoodle, folderol(also falderal), folly, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers(slang), humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey(also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts(slang), nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle(or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacyabsurdness, craziness, madness, witlessnesshoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolerygas, hot air, rigmarole(also rigamarole)double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensiblenesscommon sense, horse sense, sensediscernment, judgment(or judgement), wisdom the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mindyou didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation boneheadedness, brainlessness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dorkiness, dullness(also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, gormlessness(chiefly British), mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, thickness, vacuity, weak-mindedness, witlessness feeblemindedness, simplemindednessabsurdity, asininity, balminess, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuousness, folly, idiocy, inaneness, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nincompoopery, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, silliness, simplicity, wackiness, zaninessfallacy, irrationality, unreasonablenessmental deficiency, mental retardation braininess, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, quick-wittedness, sharpness, smartness acumen, alertness, astuteness, discernment, insight, judgment(or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacitysagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom, witlogicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness, reasonableness, soundness, validity in the 15th century |