Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Behaving foolishly
adj
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
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In an asinine manner; very foolishly.
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(slang, vulgar) In an assholish manner; rudely.
n
Alternative form of beatnikery [The behaviour and attitudes of beatniks.]
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In a bigheaded manner.
n
(slang, derogatory) A person who is unrealistically optimistic, or a Pollyanna, and who might seem to prefer to retreat from difficult situations by professing seemingly irrelevant platitudes, rather than engaging meaningfully with the difficulty at hand.
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In a crazy or foolish manner.
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In a blockheaded way.
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In a bogus way; phonily.
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In a boneheaded manner; with stubborn foolishness.
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In a boobish manner.
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In a buffoonish manner.
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In a bullheaded manner.
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(vulgar) In a buttheaded manner; stubbornly.
adj
Alternative form of cagey [Wary, careful, shrewd.]
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In a callow manner.
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of churlish
adj
stealthy
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In a clownish manner.
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In a cloddish manner.
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boorish; rude
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In a Cockneyish manner.
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(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb
n
(obsolete) cockiness
adj
Reminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
adj
Synonym of curmudgeonliness
adv
As a dilettante or amateur; superficially.
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In a daddish manner.
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(literary) in a daedal manner
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In a daffy manner.
n
(informal) The quality of being silly or foolish.
adv
In a daft manner.
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In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
adj
Working-class, rough or boorish
n
Alternative form of dishumour [(obsolete) ill humour; bad temper]
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In a dollish manner.
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In a doltish manner
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In a donnish manner.
n
(dated) A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
adv
Alternative form of drivellingly [In a drivelling manner; idiotically, foolishly.]
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In a drivelling manner; idiotically, foolishly.
n
Comical quality.
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(rare, colloquial, offensive) In a somewhat dumb manner.
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In a duncish manner.
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in an eggheaded manner
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In an elfish manner; mischievously.
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In a faddy manner.
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In a faddish way.
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In a faggish manner.
n
(obsolete) fatuity
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With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
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In a feeble-minded manner; as if feeble-minded.
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(dated) Foolishly.
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Foolishly; in a foolhardy manner.
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In a foolish manner.
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In a foxy manner.
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In a frivolous manner
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In a fuddy-duddy manner.
n
(countable) A socially tactless or awkward act.
adj
(Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.
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In a goofy manner.
n
Alternative form of hot-brain [(obsolete) an impetuous, fiery person; a hothead]
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In a hoydenish manner.
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In an idiotic manner.
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(informal) In the manner of an idiot; idiotically.
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In an imbecile manner.
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In an imbecilic way.
n
(humorous) guts (courage)
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In a jejune manner.
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(informal) In a knee-jerkish manner.
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(colloquial) In a foolish or ineffective way.
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playfully
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In a light-minded manner; frivolously or without serious consideration.
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In a longheaded manner.
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(informal) In a loony manner; crazily.
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In a lunatic or lunatical manner; crazily.
adj
(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
adv
In a monkeyish manner.
adj
moronic
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In a nabobish manner.
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In a way that is naff.
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In a naif way; naïvely.
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In a naughty manner.
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In a nerdy way.
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(rare) In a niggardly manner.
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(obsolete) In a nitty manner; lousily.
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In a nitwitted manner.
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In a nutty way.
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in an oafish manner
adj
Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
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In a pigheaded manner.
adj
(simile) Very playful
adv
mischievously; playfully
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In a quackish manner.
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In a rambunctious manner.
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In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
adj
Extremely, often stupidly stubborn
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In a roguish manner
adj
(dated) Somewhat rum or peculiar; oddish.
adj
Bold and spirited, cheeky, impudent, saucy.
adj
Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
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(obsolete) In a seely, or silly, manner.
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In a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
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Obsolete spelling of sillily [(dated or hypercorrect) In a silly manner; foolishly.]
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stupidly
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In a stupid manner.
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In a thickheaded manner
n
A man who lacks the refinement of a gentleman; a ruffian.
adj
Befitting an urchin.
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In a waifish manner.
adj
Alternative spelling of weak-brained
adj
Wimpy; puny.
n
A rowdy, dissolute, rash, or violent man.
adv
(obsolete) Madly; furiously.

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