foolishness
/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/
foolishness
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foo - lis - hness -> foolishness
Myanmar meaning
(n) မိုက်မဲခြင်း။
Full entry
၁။ (က) စဉ်းစားဉာဏ်မရှိသော။ မိုက်သော။ မှားသော။ She's a foolish interfering old woman! ❍ I was foolish enough to believe him. ❍ It would be foolish (of us) to pretend that the accident never happened.
(ခ) မှားသော။ မိုက်သော။ အ သော။ a foolish decision / comment / reply.
၂။ ပေါကြောင်ကြောင်နိုင်[သော]။ ကြောင် [သော]။
I felt very foolish having to stand up and give a speech. ❍ He's afraid of looking foolish in front of all his friends.
foolishly adv foolishness n [U]
More examples
- A foolish mistake
- I did some stupid things when I was young and foolish.
- [it is foolish to do something] : It would be foolish to change your mind now.
- [very/singularly/extremely foolish] : That was a singularly foolish thing to do.
- I tried to ask a question, but just made myself look foolish.
- I felt so foolish when I realized what I had done.
Synonyms
stupid, silly, idiotic, unwise, imprudent, thoughtless, irrational, absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy, crazy, daffy, daft, derisible, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, jerky, kooky, laughable, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, rash, reckless, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, simple, unintelligent, unreasonable, wacky, weak, witless, zany
Antonyms
balanced, careful, cautious, circumspect, logical, plain, practical, prudent, rational, realistic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, serious, smart, sound, thoughtful, unfoolish, wise
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