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fatuous
Meaning: foolish and lacking good judgment
fatuous in a sentence
How fatuous is used in real sentences:
His fatuous plan assumed that the storm would simply change course.
The columnist offered a fatuous solution to a deeply complex problem.
“Mara's grandfather, an erudite amateur historian, had filled the margins with references to tax rolls, weather reports, and even church repairs; dismissing such evidence as fatuous would require ignoring how neatly the records converged.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
Synonyms for fatuous
Other words for fatuous — foolish, inane and silly — carry the same meaning.
- foolish
- inane
- silly
Antonyms of fatuous
Words that mean the opposite of fatuous:
Where it comes from
From Latin fatuus, meaning 'foolish.'
Memory hook
FATUOUS suggests a 'fat idea': foolish but swollen with confidence.