'Folly' definitions:
Definition of 'folly'
From: WordNet
noun
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] [ant: wisdom, wiseness]
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noun
The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness]
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Definition of 'Folly'
From: GCIDE
- Folly \Fol"ly\, n.; pl. Follies. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie, fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See Fool.]
- 1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. [1913 Webster]
- What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness. [1913 Webster]
- [Achan] wrought folly in Israel. --Josh. vii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- When lovely woman stoops to folly. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise. [1913 Webster]
- It is called this man's or that man's "folly," and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'folly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- absurdness,
- act of folly,
- asininity,
- battiness,
- blunder,
- brainlessness,
- buffoonery,
- clownishness,
- crackpottedness,
- crankiness,
- craziness,
- daffiness,
- daftness,
- desipience,
- dottiness,
- dumb trick,
- dumbness,
- eccentricity,
- error,
- fatuity,
- fatuousness,
- faux pas,
- fluff,
- foolery,
- foolheadedness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- gaffe,
- giddiness,
- goof,
- goofiness,
- idiocy,
- imbecility,
- imprudence,
- inanity,
- indiscretion,
- ineptitude,
- insanity,
- irrationality,
- kookiness,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- mindlessness,
- mistake,
- niaiserie,
- nonsense,
- nugacity,
- nuttiness,
- obtuseness,
- preposterousness,
- queerness,
- rashness,
- sappiness,
- screwiness,
- senselessness,
- silliness,
- sottise,
- stolidity,
- stolidness,
- stupid thing,
- stupidity,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triviality,
- unwise step,
- wackiness,
- weak-mindedness,
- weirdness,
- witlessness,
- zaniness,
- zanyism