- foolish (adj.) early 14c., from fool (n.1) + -ish. ... late 15c., "quality of being foolish," from foolish + -ness. From 1530s as "a foolish practice."
- Look up foolish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foolish may refer to ... Foolish Lake, a lake in California. "Foolish", a 2010 song by Shayne Ward from Obsession.
- (a foolish) consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. proverb If one is rigid in their thoughts and decisions, they risk being narrow-minded.
- The adjective foolish implies a lack of common sense or good judgment or, sometimes, a weakness of mind: a foolish decision; The child seems foolish.
- Foolish people are silly or senseless, and when you do something foolish, it's clearly unwise or irrational.
- It would be foolish for either Mr. We are foolish for helping them in any way. It is foolish for such Christians to not make police reports against secular crimes.
- dazed state of mind; it is also used to mean foolish or silly: well-meaning but stupid; rendered stupid by a blow; It is stupid to do such a thing...
- foolish — 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.
- Britannica Dictionary definition of FOOLISH. [more foolish; most foolish].
- a foolish decision/mistake
- He was wearing a foolish grin.
- [Chorus] 'Cause we were foolish Such a shame we couldn't see We were foolish Playing heart games just to bleed.