English-Thai Dictionary
foolish
ADJ ดู น่าหัวเราะ ดู น่าขัน ดู ตลก ดู เซ่อซ่า ridiculous du-na-hua-ruea
foolish
ADJ โง่ เขลา เบาปัญญา ไม่มี สมอง ไร้สติ unwise senseless silly clever wise ngo
foolishness
N ความเขลา ความ โง่ ความ เซ่อ ความ ทึ่ม stupidty folly cleverness kwam-kao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FOOLISH
a. 1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.
2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.
3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.
But foolish questions avoid. 2 Timothy 2:23.
4. Ridiculous; despicable.
A foolish figure he must make.
5. In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.
O foolish Galatians - Galatians 3:1.
6. Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9.
FOOLISHLY
adv. 1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.
2. Wickedly; sinfully.
I have done very foolishly. 2 Samuel 24:1 .
FOOLISHNESS
n. 1. Folly; want of understanding.
2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment.
3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly.
The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1:18.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOOLISH
FOOLISH Fool "ish, a.
1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak.
2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. Prior.
Syn. -- Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See Absurd.
FOOLISHLY
FOOLISHLY Fool "ish *ly, adv.
Defn: In a foolish manner.
FOOLISHNESS
FOOLISHNESS Fool "ish *ness, n.
1. The quality of being foolish.
2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18.
New American Oxford Dictionary
foolish
fool ish |ˈfo͞oliSH ˈfulɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person or action ) lacking good sense or judgment; unwise: it was foolish of you to enter into correspondence.
foolishly
fool ish ly |ˈfo͞oliSHli | ▶adverb in an unwise manner; stupidly: they were condemned for acting foolishly | I foolishly wasted my money | foolishly, I decided to give it a go.
foolishness
fool ish ness |ˈfo͞oliSHnis | ▶noun lack of good sense or judgment; stupidity: she was realizing the foolishness of her actions.
Oxford Dictionary
foolish
fool |ish |ˈfuːlɪʃ | ▶adjective lacking good sense or judgement; unwise: he was foolish enough to confide in her | a foolish decision.
foolishly
fool |ish ¦ly |ˈfuːlɪʃli | ▶adverb in an unwise manner; stupidly: they were condemned for acting foolishly | I foolishly wasted my money | foolishly, I decided to give it a go.
foolishness
fool ¦ish |ness |ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] lack of good sense or judgement; stupidity: she was realizing the foolishness of her actions.
American Oxford Thesaurus
foolish
foolish adjective don't let your foolish impulses get you into trouble: stupid, silly, idiotic, witless, brainless, vacuous, mindless, unintelligent, thoughtless, half-baked, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise; ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, rash, reckless, foolhardy, daft; informal dumb, dim, dimwitted, halfwitted, thick, harebrained, crack-brained, crackpot, pea-brained, wooden-headed, dumb-ass, chowderheaded. ANTONYMS sensible, wise. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
foolishness
foolishness noun I regretted my foolishness: folly, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, silliness, inanity, thoughtlessness, imprudence, injudiciousness, lack of foresight, lack of sense, irresponsibility, indiscretion, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness. ANTONYMS sense, wisdom.
Oxford Thesaurus
foolish
foolish adjective her desperation led her to do something foolish: stupid, silly, idiotic, half-witted, witless, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, injudicious, indiscreet, unwise, unintelligent, unreasonable; ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, rash, reckless, foolhardy, lunatic; absurd, senseless, pointless, nonsensical, inane, fatuous, ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible; informal dumb, dim, dim-witted, dopey, gormless, damfool, half-baked, hare-brained, crackbrained, pea-brained, wooden-headed, thickheaded, nutty, mad, crazy, dotty, batty, dippy, cuckoo, screwy, wacky; Brit. informal barmy, daft; Scottish & N. English informal glaikit; N. Amer. informal dumb-ass, chowderheaded; W. Indian informal dotish. ANTONYMS sensible; wise. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
foolishly
foolishly adverb he'd be very cross with me if I acted foolishly: stupidly, idiotically, ineptly, inanely, senselessly, unwisely, ill-advisedly, incautiously, indiscreetly, short-sightedly; without thinking, without forethought; fatuously, absurdly; informal crazily; Brit. informal barmily.
foolishness
foolishness noun I regretted my foolishness over the matter: folly, foolhardiness, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, silliness, inanity, lunacy, madness, rashness, recklessness, imprudence, injudiciousness, lack of caution /foresight /sense, irrationality, illogicality, irresponsibility, thoughtlessness, indiscretion; informal craziness; Brit. informal daftness. ANTONYMS wisdom; sense.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
foolish
fool ish /fúːlɪʃ /→fool 1 形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例be ～〗1 愚かな, ばかな , 分別 [思慮 ]のない (silly )(↔wise );〖It is foolish of [for ] A to do 〗A 〈人 〉が … するとはばか [愚か ]だ (↓語法 )▸ It would be foolish to ignore my advice .僕の忠告を無視するとしたらばかげている ▸ It is foolish of you [You are foolish ] to let the chance go .好機を逃してしまうなんて君もばかだね ▸ Penny wise (and ) pound foolish .｟ことわざ ｠1ペニー節約し1ポンドむだにする ; 瑣事 （さじ ）にこだわりより大切なことを見失う 語法 it is foolish of [for ] A to do 1 ofを用いた構文では主に人の性格についての判断を表すが, forを用いた構文では性格より行為についての判断を表す ▸ It is foolish for anyone to swim on a full stomach .満腹で泳ぐなんてばかげている ▸ It is foolish of you to swim on a full stomach .満腹で泳ぐなんて君もばかだね 2 通例人を主語にした構文に言い換えられるのはofを用いた構文である ▸ You are foolish to swim on a full stomach .2 〈人が 〉ばかみたいな, 間の抜けた ▸ She felt foolish (, ) standing alone on a deserted beach .彼女は人気のない浜辺に1人立っていると間の抜けた気分だった ～ness 名詞 U 愚かさ ; 愚行 .
foolishly
f ó ol ish ly 副詞 〖動詞 の前後で 〗愚かに, 浅はかに ; 〖文修飾 〗愚かにも .
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