- Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: foolish remarks.
- Resulting from stupidity or misinformation; unwise: a foolish decision.
- Arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.
- Immoderate or stubborn; unreasonable: foolish pride; foolish love.
- Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.
- Insignificant; trivial: spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.
foolishness fool'ish·ness n.
SYNONYMS foolish, silly, fatuous, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous. These adjectives are applied to what is so devoid of wisdom or good sense as to be laughable: a foolish expenditure of energy; a silly argument; made fatuous remarks; an absurd idea that is bound to fail; a preposterous excuse that no one believed; offered a ridiculous explanation for his tardiness; a ludicrous criticism that was immediately dismissed.










