fatuous

Speech parts

1. fatuous - Adjective

2. fatuous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inane puerile asinine imbecilic dotty daft mad cuckoo loony half-baked vacant insane irrational dull absurd
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Antonyms

knoll down-to-earth able sage sapient politic
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Related terms

fatuity fatuousness infatuate fatuously

Phrases with the word

less fatuous fatuous nonsense

Examples

Cherry Wilkinson, a fatuous female protagonist with a history of novel-reading, fancies herself as the heroine of a Gothic romance. Source: Internet

It was an institutional blunder that Benny Green described as being, in retrospect, "comical," "fatuous," and "a parody." Source: Internet

And I won’t be lectured by pacifists and isolationists and the congenitally fatuous that Saddam was “stabilizing” and his wholesale murder was acceptable because going to war is somehow worse. Source: Internet

But his writing style is infuriating, due to his fatuous use of words. Source: Internet

"Could there be anything more evil than a fatuous self-help book? Source: Internet

I think Miles is benefitting from a flattering comparison with Hugo and Vassily’s fatuous denial of Ekaterin’s personal autonomy; They complain that her Aunt and Uncle haven’t set a curfew, and let her go wherever she wants. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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