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Fatuous
/ˈfæt.ju.əs/
Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
📖 Definitions of "Fatuous"
adjective
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Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
🔄 Synonyms of "Fatuous"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vacuous | Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant. |
| asinine | Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. |
| inanenoun | Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. |
| foolish | (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. |
| mindless | Showing a lack of forethought or sense. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fatuous"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| asinine | Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. |
| foolish | (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. |
| inane | Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. |
| vacuous | Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant. |
| mindless | Showing a lack of forethought or sense. |
| stupidenoun | — |
| overfoolish | Excessively foolish. |
| fat as a fool | (archaic, simile) extremely fat; porky |
| stupid | Without intelligence. |
| fatassed | (slang, vulgar) fat, obese, having a fat rear |
| vaniloquent | Talking in a vain or foolish way |
| gassynoun | (specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy. |
| fustiannoun | (figuratively) Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also (archaic), incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense. |
| fat, dumb and happy | (informal) Synonym of fat and happy. |
| abracadabrantnoun | ludicrous, preposterous |
| fucktarded | (vulgar) Exceedingly stupid or irrational. |
| inflated | Filled with air or fluid |
| facundious | (obsolete) eloquent; wordy |
| fastuous | (obsolete) proud; haughty; disdainful |
| insane | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
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