Fatuous
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adjective.
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way:
synonym
:
foolish
.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Foolish; foolishly conceited; feebly or stupidly self-sufficient; unconsciously silly: applied both to persons and to their acts.
Idiotic; demented; imbecile.
Unreal; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.
adjective.
Without reality; illusory, like the
ignis fatuus
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Obnoxiously
stupid
, vacantly silly, content in one's
foolishness
.
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adjective.
devoid of intelligence
Word Usage
"I'm surprised that when I looked up the word fatuous in the dictionary, your name and picture weren't next to it."
Equivalent
foolish
Etymologically Related
fatuity
fatuously
fatuousness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
bemused
childish
condescend
egotistical
foolish
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
absurd
air-built
airy
apish
asinine