| NOUN | attribute | folly, foolishness, unwiseness | the trait of acting stupidly or rashly |
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| act | folly, stupidity, betise, foolishness, imbecility | a stupid mistake | |
| cognition | folly, foolishness, craziness, madness | the quality of being rash and foolish | |
| act | folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence | foolish or senseless behavior |
| Sounds | faa'liy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1502 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | The trait of acting stupidly or rashly. | |
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| Synonyms | foolishness, unwiseness | |
| Narrower | absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness | A ludicrous folly |
| asininity | The quality of being asinine | |
| indiscretion, injudiciousness | The trait of being injudicious | |
| Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
| Opposite | wisdom, wiseness | The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight |
| Meaning | A stupid mistake. | |
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| Synonyms | stupidity, betise, foolishness, imbecility | |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Meaning | The quality of being rash and foolish. | |
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| Example | "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly" | |
| Synonyms | foolishness, craziness, madness | |
| Broader | stupidity | A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
| Catalan | bogeria | |
| Spanish | locura | |
| Meaning | foolish or senseless behavior. | |
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| Synonyms | foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence | |
| Narrower | buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank | Acting like a clown or buffoon |
| meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss | (Yiddish) craziness | |
| Broader | play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement |
| Catalan | bestiesa | |