foolish
devoid of good sense or judgment
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,474 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,469 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- devoid of good sense or judgment foolish remarksa foolish decision
- having or revealing stupidity also: anserine, dopy, dopey, goosey, goosy, gooselike ridiculous anserine behaviora dopey answer
foolish in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The hound had gone off on his own foolish quests.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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And, turning to Mlle. Gilberte: “For I suppose you have got over your foolish ideas,” he uttered.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I hope I have persuaded you that coming to town with the children was not a foolish undertaking.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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The earliest tribes were tree-worshippers, which was very foolish, for we can fell trees and put them to our usage.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1
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So Peter was obliged to repeat it ever so many times, and every time it sounded to him more foolish than before.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1