Foolishness
Crossword Clue & Answers

25 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 16 answers for the crossword clue 'Foolishness', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Foolishness a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Foolishness as an answer itself some 18 times.

Foolishness is a single word clue made up of 11 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Monday, 08 November 2021 with the answer being IDIOCY, we also found IDIOCY to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 20 Aug 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 5 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 12 Mar 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 7 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 17 Nov 2020
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 1 Sep 2020
• The Mirror Quick - 29 Aug 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 19 Dec 2019
• The Daily Mail Quick - 9 May 2019

Definitions and usage

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• The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
• The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
• A stupid mistake

Crossword Answers

5 Letters

FOLLY
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly

6 Letters

BETISE
A stupid mistake

IDIOCY
Extreme mental retardation

LUNACY
Foolish or senseless behavior

7 Letters

FATUITY
A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"

INANITY
Total lack of meaning or ideas

MADNESS
Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness"

8 Letters

NONSENSE
Ornamental objects of no great value

STUPIDLY
In a stupid manner; "he had stupidly bought a one way ticket"

9 Letters

CRAZINESS
The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"

SILLINESS
An impulsive scatterbrained manner

STUPIDITY
A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

10 Letters

BUFFOONERY
Acting like a clown or buffoon

IMBECILITY
A stupid mistake

UNWISENESS
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly

13 Letters

SENSELESSNESS
Total lack of meaning or ideas