foolish
part of speech
adjective (foolish, more foolish, most foolish); adverb foolishly
meaning for a pupil
1) Foolish means silly or not sensible; showing poor judgement. tree →
2) To feel foolish is to feel silly or embarrassed. tree →
3) To look foolish is to seem stupid to others. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used of the people that forgets God. Interpretation: Moses' song calls Israel "foolish people and unwise" for repaying God's kindness with wrong. Tradition reads this as a call to remember God's gifts. In the primary lessons: In stories and fables, foolish characters make bad choices and learn lessons. In safety talks, it is foolish to take risks like swimming alone. It is a softer word than «stupid». Phrases: a foolish mistake, feel foolish, it would be foolish to.
examples
- Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? (Torah DEU.32.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (Writings JOB.5.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed. (Writings JOB.5.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother. (Writings PRO.15.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- It was foolish to leave your bike unlocked. tree →
- I felt foolish when I fell over in front of everyone. tree →
- The foolish crow dropped its cheese. tree →
- Don't do anything foolish, like climbing on the roof. tree →
- He foolishly spent all his pocket money in one day. tree →
- It would be foolish to swim in a rough sea. tree →
- The king made a foolish promise. tree →
- "Ah, you foolish fellows!" he cried. tree →
note
Comparison usually «more foolish», «most foolish». Noun: fool, foolishness. «Foolish» is milder and more polite than «stupid» or «idiotic», but it can still hurt.
In the corpora
- That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock;
- And the LORD said unto me: 'Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
- This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings.
- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «foolish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.