noun
- Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal craziness. See ability/inability.
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noun
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms: folly, unwiseness
Meaning #2:
the quality of being rash and foolish
Synonyms: folly, craziness
Meaning #3:
a stupid mistake
Synonyms: stupidity, betise, folly, imbecility
| muffishness | |
| stupidity | |
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