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folly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foolishness, unwiseness |
| Type of | trait |
| Has types | indiscretion, asininity, fatuity, fatuousness, absurdity, injudiciousness, silliness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
| Type of | mistake, error, fault |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
| Type of | gambol, play, caper, romp, frolic |
| Has types | mishegoss, prank, buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, clowning, meshugaas, mishegaas, japery |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | craziness, foolishness, madness |
| Type of | stupidity |
trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.
Examples of folly
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It would be a public relations folly for any of its lenders to try to get tough.
From the time.com
What Saint-Gaudens would make of MOS's techno-primitive folly is anyone's guess.
From the nytimes.com
That, the forecasters say, is folly, as Hurricane Andrew painfully demonstrated.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Pyro's folly on the Poly only can be redeemed by a complete turnaround Saturday.
From the kentucky.com
Stick with me here, because this will illustrate the folly in taking Even Money.
From the dailyherald.com
The Sydney Monorail, which has long been considered a folly will be pulled down.
From the couriermail.com.au
If they also tag as folly the canal, they better had talk first to Fred Collins.
From the courier-journal.com
These statistics prove the folly of having algebra on the high school exit exam.
From the ocregister.com
In the play Clizia he mocked the folly of an older man pursuing a younger woman.
From the time.com
- The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- Stupidity: a stupid mistake
- 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"
- Foolish or senseless behavior
- In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs. ...
- Folly was a common allegorical figure in medieval morality plays and in allegorical artwork through the Renaissance. The depiction is generally of a young man, often similar in appearance to a jester or the tarot card, The Fool . ...
- Folly were a band from Sussex, New Jersey. Their music is a mix of hardcore, metal, punk and ska. The band's final lineup included Arben Colaku on bass, Geoff Towle on guitar, Anthony Wille on drums, Agim Colaku on guitar, and Jon Tummillo on vocals.
- Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used in general as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors ...
- Atu00EB, Atu00E9 or Aite (/u02C8eu026Atiu02D0/ or UK /u02C8u0251u02D0ti/; Ancientu00A0Greek: u1F04u03C4u03B7) is the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly. Atu00E9 also refers to the action performed by a hero, usually because of hubris, that often leads to his or her death or downfall. Mythology personifies Atu00EB as the daughter either of Zeus or of Eris.
