foolish

(fū'lĭsh)
adj.

1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: foolish remarks.
2. Resulting from stupidity or misinformation; unwise: a foolish decision.
3. Arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.
4. Immoderate or stubborn; unreasonable: foolish pride; foolish love.
5. Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.
6. Insignificant; trivial: spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.

foolishly fool'ish·ly adv.
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.

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adjective

1. Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense: brainless, fatuous, insensate, mindless, senseless, silly, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless. See ability/inability, planned/unplanned.
2. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang balmy², dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.

adj

Definition: nonsensical, idiotic
Antonyms: careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, unfoolish, wise

• Artist: Original Soundtrack
• Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Total Time: 69:44
• Type: Contains explicit content, Soundtrack
• Genre: Rap

Review

The soundtrack to Master P's 1999 film Foolish is a rather predictable No Limit all-star compilation including tracks from Master P himself, plus Silkk the Shocker, Snoop Dogg, Mia X, Mystikal, and C-Murder. ~ Keith Farley, Rovi

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IN BRIEF: Without good sense.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. — Anatole France (1844-1924).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tåbelig, fjollet, idiotisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
dwaas, verbouwereerd, onbetekenend, onnozel, idioot

Français (French)
adj. - bête, idiot, insensé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - albern, töricht, dumm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανόητος, βλακώδης, γελοίος

Italiano (Italian)
matto, stupido, sciocco, insensato, imprudente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tolo

Русский (Russian)
глупый, нелепый, безрассудный, неловко чувствовать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tonto, bobo, necio, estúpido, disparatado, insensato, imprudente, idiota, imbécil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dåraktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
愚蠢的, 傻的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愚蠢的, 傻的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어리석은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 愚かな, ばかな, ばかげた, こっけいな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أحمق , سخيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שטותי, טיפשי, חסר שכל ישר‬

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