tomfool

adjective

Definition of tomfoolnext
as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment what kind of tomfool idea is this?

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomfool
  1. foolish
  2. stupid
  3. silly
  4. absurd
  5. mad
  6. crazy
  7. idiotic
  8. insane
Adjective
  • The San Francisco 49ers would be foolish to trade Nick Bosa, but that's exactly what a California politician wants.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The authors concluded that any attempt to create a synthetic substance to replace the mud — something Major League Baseball has explored — would be foolish.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of foolish
Adjective
  • Give yourself permission to go see a truly stupid movie.
    Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Among the show’s many, many, many Twilight Zone spoofs, this one is the funniest and the best, with a conclusion that’s equal parts brilliant and stupid.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • In this show, everyone has their distinct personalities — Reneé as Leighton is sassy and dry and Pauline as Kimberly is sweet and a little silly, for example.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Here was this band of rebellious and silly kids in bright clothes rapping their asses off.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of silly
Adjective
  • After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
  • To envision European unity without the United States—as the authors attempt to do—is therefore absurd. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS O’Brien and Stringer try to address, in a practical way, the hard security questions Europe would face if abandoned by Washington.
    Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
Definition of crazy
Adjective
  • Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success.
    Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond the Lungs Two other cardiac cases impressed me — and blew away the idiotic notion that young people are immune to COVID-19.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
Definition of idiotic
Adjective
  • Your voice is insane.
    Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
Definition of insane
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