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Synonyms for folly
ˈfɒl ifol·ly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
folly
Idiocy is a state of mental unsoundness amounting almost or quite to total absence of understanding. Imbecility is a condition of mental weakness, which may or may not be as complete as that of idiocy, but is at least such as to incapacitate for the serious duties of life. Incapacity, or lack of legal qualification for certain acts, necessarily results from imbecility, but may also result from other causes, as from insanity or from age, sex, etc.; as, the incapacity of a minor to make a contract. Idiocy or imbecility is weakness of mind, while insanity is disorder or abnormal action of mind. Folly and foolishness denote a want of mental and often of moral balance. Fatuity is sometimes used as equivalent to idiocy, but more frequently signifies conceited and excessive foolishness or folly. Stupidity is dulness and slowness of mental action which may range all the way from lack of normal readiness to absolute imbecility. Compare INSANITY.
Synonyms:
fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidityAntonyms:
acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, common sense, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdom
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
folly
Synonyms:
madness, nonsense, misconduct, imprudence, silliness, foolishness, weakness, absurdity, imbecilityAntonyms:
sense, wisdom, sanity, judgment, prudence, sobriety
Princeton's WordNet
folly, foolishness, unwisenessnoun
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms:
lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, stupidity, crazinessstupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun
a stupid mistake
Synonyms:
lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, crazinessfolly, foolishness, craziness, madnessnoun
the quality of being rash and foolish
"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
Synonyms:
lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, fury, daftness, madness, rabidity, imbecility, stupidity, hydrophobia, rabidness, foolery, tomfoolery, lyssa, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, rage, rabies, unwiseness, betisefolly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun
foolish or senseless behavior
Synonyms:
lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, indulging, daftness, madness, lenience, pampering, stupidity, humoring, leniency, foolery, tomfoolery, self-indulgence, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, imbecility, unwiseness, betise
Dictionary of English Synonymes
follynoun
Synonyms:
foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishnessfollynoun
Synonyms:
absurdity, extravagance, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion, act of folly, foolish act
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
follynoun
Synonyms:
foolishness, fatuity, indiscretion, unwisdom, absurdity, imprudence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "folly":
madness, insanity, foolishness, lunacy, follies, craziness, stupidity, nonsense, thoughtlessness, crazy
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#45111 | silliness | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#48388 | idiocy | |
#49375 | lunacy | |
#49727 | indulging | |
#57260 | craziness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#114781 | tomfoolery | |
#173706 | imbecility | |
#177173 | lyssa | |
#180107 | foolery | |
#182661 | imprudence | |
#186849 | thoughtlessness | |
#242028 | hydrophobia | |
#245809 | senselessness | |
#263154 | flakiness | |
#286923 | humoring |
How to use folly in a sentence?
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.
Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller:
Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise founders of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.
To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a dangerous impatience with basic realities. It is like becoming disturbed that people do not fall in love sensibly -- and so deciding to computerize the problem.
Richard Adams, _Watership Down_:
A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.
Translations for folly
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- حماقةArabic
- безразсъдство, глупостBulgarian
- Narrheit, TorheitGerman
- malsaĝecoEsperanto
- locuraSpanish
- hölmöily, hullutus, hömpötys, mielettömyys, typeryys, hulluusFinnish
- sottise, folieFrench
- amaideachd, amaideasScottish Gaelic
- butaság, könnyelműség, ostobaságHungarian
- edificio decorativo, follia, unicum, stravaganza, eccentricitàItalian
- איוולתHebrew
- 愚行Japanese
- neprātība, neprātīgumsLatvian
- głupotaPolish
- bobeiraPortuguese
- глупый поступок, глупость, дурь, безрассудство, блажь, безрассудный поступок, недомыслие, прихотьRussian
- dårskap, dåraktighetSwedish
- முட்டாள்தனமானதுTamil
- మూర్ఖత్వంTelugu
- ความเขลาThai
- ngu xuẩnVietnamese
- 蠢事Chinese
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