FOLLIES Synonyms

• a lack of caution in practical affairs

• a message whose content is at variance with reason

• a ludicrous folly

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

• informal terms for insanity

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• foolish or senseless behavior

• a stupid mistake

• foolish or senseless behavior

• retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

• a stupid mistake

• an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

• a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

• the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

• foolish or senseless behavior

• the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

• obsolete terms for legal insanity

• foolish or senseless behavior

• obsolete terms for legal insanity

• an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

• a feeling of intense anger

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

• a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

• a stupid mistake

• foolish or senseless behavior

• the trait of acting stupidly or rashly