Antonyms for foolishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : foo-lish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfu lɪʃ


Definition of foolishness

Origin :
  • early 14c., from fool (n.) + -ish. Related: Foolishly; foolishness. Old English words for this were dysig, stunt, dol.
  • noun idiocy, nonsense
Example sentences :
  • His long habit of thought concerning her enabled him to master this foolishness.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We must protect her from the consequences of her own foolishness.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • It just came over me, all at once, that I—It was just foolishness.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I didn't enter him; that was somebody else's foolishness, and I don't want to back him.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "Don't ye be lettin' yourself belave your own foolishness," she said.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • "Now stop this nerve strain and this foolishness," he said tersely.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • All my devices of horse-hair and deer-hide snares were foolishness in their sharp eyes.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • But I know it is all foolishness, as well as you do, all craziness.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • But I always have a little distrust for the foolishness of a person who has once been a knave.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • But, in my foolishness, I forgot to ask for everlasting youth.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

Synonyms for foolishness

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