foolish
Adjective
- Lacking good sense or judgment; unwise.
- devoid of good sense or judgment
- "foolish remarks"
- "a foolish decision"
Adjective Satellite
- having or revealing stupidity
Adj
- Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Examples
- It would be FOOLISH to ignore the bonus squares in Scrabble, as they hold the key to victory.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool + -ish.
Synonyms
anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky, absurd, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, crackpot, daft, dense, derpy, dim-headed, dim-witted, dull-headed, dull-witted, dumb, duncical, fatuous, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, gauvison, goofy, idiotic, idle, insipient, loony, mookish, naive, ridiculous, silly, simple, slight, slow-witted, soft in the head, softheaded, sottish, stupid, thick, unsage, unwise, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
foolish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfoolish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foolish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary