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SILLINESS

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• SILLINESS (noun)
The noun SILLINESS has 2 senses:

1. a ludicrous folly
2. an impulsive scatterbrained manner

Familiarity information: SILLINESS used as a noun is rare.

• SILLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A ludicrous folly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fatuity; fatuousness; silliness; absurdity

Context example:

the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior

Hypernyms ("silliness" is a kind of...):

folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An impulsive scatterbrained manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

giddiness; silliness

Hypernyms ("silliness" is a kind of...):

frivolity; frivolousness (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "silliness"):

lightness; lightsomeness (the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous)

"A poor workman blames his tools."
(English proverb)
"Who is shy dies from hunger."
(Albanian proverb)
"Whatever the eye sees, the heart won't forget."
(Armenian proverb)
"Where there's a will, there is a way."
(Dutch proverb)

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