different between foolish vs vapid
foolish
English
Etymology
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu?.l??/
Adjective
foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)
- (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Synonyms
- absurd
- idiotic
- ridiculous
- silly
- unwise
Antonyms
- wise
Derived terms
- a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- foolishly
- foolishness
Translations
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vapid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/
Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
- Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific
Derived terms
- vapidity
- vapidly
- vapidness
Translations
Anagrams
- pavid
Estonian
Noun
vapid
- nominative plural of vapp
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