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单词 foolery
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Examples of 'foolery' in a sentence
foolery

But underlying all this foolery -- "Gerhardt used the word deliberately.And the people of these times are something less easily hoodwinked, I think, by such stark foolery.

Synonyms of 'foolery'

nonsense, carry-on, fooling, clowning
More Synonyms of foolery
(noun) 
Definition
foolish behaviour
Synonyms
nonsense
Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.
carry-on (informal, mainly British)
fooling
clowning
folly
a reminder of the follies of war
antics
mischief
The little lad was always up to some mischief.
larks
capers
pranks
malarkey
shenanigans (informal)
practical jokes
silliness
horseplay
childish splashing and horseplay
childishness
tomfoolery
Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?
monkey tricks (informal)
desipience

Additional synonyms

in the sense of folly
Definition
the quality of being foolish
a reminder of the follies of war
Synonyms
foolishness,
bêtise (rare),
nonsense,
madness,
stupidity,
absurdity,
indiscretion,
recklessness,
silliness,
idiocy,
irrationality,
imprudence,
rashness,
fatuity,
preposterousness,
daftness (informal),
desipience
in the sense of fooling
Synonyms
joking,
kidding (informal),
tricks,
nonsense,
malarkey,
teasing,
farce,
bluffing,
shamming,
trifling,
mockery,
pretence,
skylarking (informal),
buffoonery,
clownishness
in the sense of horseplay
Definition
rough or rowdy play
childish splashing and horseplay
Synonyms
rough-and-tumble,
clowning,
romping,
fooling around,
skylarking (informal),
high jinks,
pranks,
buffoonery,
roughhousing (slang)

Nearby words of
foolery

  • fool
  • fool around or about
  • fool around with something
  • foolery
  • foolhardy
  • fooling
  • foolish

Synonyms of 'foolery'

foolery

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of mischief
Definition
annoying but not malicious behaviour that causes trouble or irritation
The little lad was always up to some mischief.
Synonyms
misbehaviour,
trouble,
naughtiness,
pranks,
shenanigans (informal),
monkey business (informal),
waywardness,
devilment,
impishness,
roguishness,
roguery
in the sense of tomfoolery
Definition
foolish behaviour
Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?
Synonyms
foolishness,
messing around (informal),
shenanigans,
clowning,
stupidity,
larks (informal),
fooling around (informal),
silliness,
idiocy,
skylarking (informal),
horseplay,
buffoonery,
childishness
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