fatuous
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fat·u·ous
(făch'ū-əs) 
adj.
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way" (Sinclair Lewis). See synonyms at foolish.
fatuousness fat'u·ous·ness n.
adj.
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way" (Sinclair Lewis). See synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin fatuus.]
fatuously fat'u·ous·ly adv.fatuousness fat'u·ous·ness n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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fatuous
adjective
- Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense: brainless, foolish, insensate, mindless, senseless, silly, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless. See ability/inability, planned/unplanned.
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fatuous
adj
Definition: stupid
Antonyms: aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart
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fatuous
IN BRIEF: Foolish or stupid.
Wearing a nametag is an extremely fatuous mistake for a bank robber to make.
Tutor's tip: The collector made a "factious" (quarrelsome) remark to the "fatuous" (silly, inane) shopkeeper who tried to sell her a "factitious" (lacking authenticity) antique with a "fictitious" (invented) history.
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categories related to 'fatuous'
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Fatuous
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tåbelig, åndssvag, ligegyldig
Nederlands (Dutch)
stompzinnig
Français (French)
adj. - stupide, futile
Deutsch (German)
adj. - albern, einfältig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βλακώδης, άσκοπος
Italiano (Italian)
stupido, fatuo
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tolo
Русский (Russian)
бессмысленный, самодовольно-глупый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - fatuo, necio, presumido
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发呆的, 自满的, 愚笨的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 發呆的, 自滿的, 愚笨的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어리석은 , 얼빠진
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - まぬけの, ばかの
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) غبي , سخيف , أحمق
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - טפשי, חסר-מטרה, אידיוטי
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