foolish+trifling

  • 1Foolish — Fool ish, a. 1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. [1913 Webster] I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Such as a fool would do;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2foolish — foolishly, adv. foolishness, n. /fooh lish/, adj. 1. resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech. 2. lacking forethought or caution. 3. trifling, insignificant, or paltry. [1250 1300; ME… …

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  • 3trifling — triflingly, adv. triflingness, n. /truy fling/, adj. 1. of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter. 2. of small value, cost, or amount: a trifling sum. 3. frivolous; shallow; light: trifling conversation. 4. mean;… …

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  • 4foolish — /ˈfulɪʃ / (say foohlish) adjective 1. silly; without sense: a foolish person. 2. resulting from or evidencing folly; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action; foolish speech. 3. Obsolete trifling, insignificant, or paltry. –phrase 4. make someone …

  • 5foolish — adjective Date: 13th century 1. lacking in sense, judgment, or discretion 2. a. absurd, ridiculous b. marked by a loss of composure ; nonplussed 3. insignificant, trifling Synonyms: see simple • foolishly …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6foolish — Synonyms and related words: Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, arch, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, bemused, besotted, beyond belief, bizarre, blockheaded, boneheaded, brainless, brash, buffoonish, catchpenny, cockamamie, cockeyed, confused,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7trifling — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, airy, asinine, banal, bickering, brimful, brimming, captious, catchpenny, caviling, chic, chipper, chitchat, chitter chatter, choplogic, classy, commonplace, coquetry, crammed, crowded, cursory, dabbling …

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  • 8foolish — a. 1. Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless, thick skulled, buffle headed, shallow brained. 2. Unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, ill judged, preposterous, indiscreet …

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  • 9foolish — adj 1. incautious, imprudent, indiscreet, irresponsible, injudicious; unwise, ill considered, ill suited, ill advised, impolitic; impetuous, impulsive, hasty, short sighted, heedless, unheeding; foolhardy, headlong, rash, brash, unwary;… …

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  • 10trifling — adj 1. unimportant, trivial, fiddling, insignificant, signifying nothing, inconsequential; not worth mentioning, of little import, of no moment, Inf. no account, not worth a fig or a hill of beans, Sl. two bit, Sl. two by four, Inf. penny ante. 2 …

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