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- Dictionaryfol·ly/ˈfälē/
noun
- 1. lack of good sense; foolishness: "an act of sheer folly"
- 2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
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FOLLY definition: 1. the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.: 2. a building in the form of a small…. Learn more.
1. : lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight. his folly in thinking he could not be caught. 2. a. : criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct. b. obsolete : evil, wickedness. especially : lewd behavior. 3. : a foolish act or idea. The prank was a youthful folly. 4. : an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking.
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal. Synonyms: injudiciousness, foolishness, rashness, imprudence, lunacy, madness, indiscretion, mistake. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
FOLLY meaning: 1. the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.: 2. a building in the form of a small…. Learn more.
If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish. It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
It can describe the silly or nonsensical things you do, like the folly of trying to rush across town in the middle of a snowstorm. Or it can describe the trait that makes people act that way: the folly of an inexperienced driver who doesn't know you can't speed on snow-covered roads. Can you see the word fool in folly? Not a coincidence.
1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. 2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity.
Synonyms for FOLLY: insanity, absurdity, idiocy, stupidity, madness, imbecility, foppery, foolery; Antonyms of FOLLY: wisdom, discretion, prudence, sagacity, forethought, inspiration, brainstorm, sanity.
1. Want of understanding; weakness of intellect. 2. Criminal weakness; depravity of mind. Think’st thou, that duty shall have dread to speak, When pow’r to flattery bows? To plainness honour. Is bound, when majesty to folly falls. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
The meaning of folly. Definition of folly. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
