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folly

/ˈfɒli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɒli/
folly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Final y vowel sound

fol - ly -> folly

Myanmar meaning

(n) မိုက်မဲမှု။

Full entry

folly /'fɒli / n

၁။ (က) [U] ~ (to do sth) မိုက်မဲမှု။ an act of sheer folly ❍ It's utter folly to go swimming in this weather.
(ခ) [C] မိုက်မဲမှု။ regret one's youthful follies.
၂။ [C] မဆင်မခြင်မှု (၏ အကျိုးရလဒ်ဖြစ်သော အဆောက်အအုံ စသည်)။

More examples
  • The judge described the incident as an act of folly.
  • [it is folly to do something] : It is absolute folly to go mountain climbing without the proper equipment.
  • [the folly of (doing) something] : She soon realized the folly of her actions.
  • I pointed out the folly of overspending on that scale.
Synonyms
foolishness, madness, stupidity, idiocy, silliness, craziness, recklessness, absurdity, daftness, dottiness, dumb thing to do, dumb trick, fatuity, foolhardiness, imbecility, impracticality, imprudence, inadvisability, inanity, indiscretion, irrationality, lunacy, nonsense, obliquity, preposterousness, rashness, ridiculous idea, senselessness, triviality, unsoundness, vice, witlessness
Antonyms
care, carefulness, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, prudence, sense, seriousness, understanding, wisdom
Cross references
foolishnessmadnessstupidityidiocysillinesscrazinessrecklessnessabsurditydaftnessdottinessdumb thing to dodumb trickfatuityfoolhardinessimbecilityimpracticalityimprudenceinadvisabilityinanityindiscretionirrationalitylunacynonsenseobliquitypreposterousnessrashnessridiculous ideasenselessness
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