FOLLY Synonyms

• 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

• a message whose content is at variance with reason

• a ludicrous folly

• a message whose content is at variance with reason

• extreme mental retardation

• concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

• a lack of caution in practical affairs

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

• the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

• having no intelligible meaning

• the trait of giving little thought to danger

• total lack of meaning or ideas

• a ludicrous folly

• an impulsive scatterbrained manner

• Lack of wisdom; unwise conduct or action

• 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