fatuous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfæt.ju.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).
Meanings
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Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
Near-synonyms: vacuous; see also Thesaurus:stupid
A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured.
2004, Frank Tallis, Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness, page 46:While much publicity is given to fatuous 'reversing Beeching' ideas, the reality is that the real investment is focused on expanding the road network - [...].
2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56:Maude Lebowski: Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here. The Dude: He fixes the cable? Maude: Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (screenplay):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fatuous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fatuous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
infatuate · fatuousness · fatuously · fatuity
Synonyms
dumber than a rock · beetle-headed · thick as a plank · rockheaded · addlebrained · lowbrow · sheep-headed · ignorant · unapprehensive · unclever · chowderheaded · thick as pig shit · dumb as an ox · dopey · fuzzy-minded · dim-witted · beefheaded · dull-minded · shit-for-brains · nitwitted · soft · silly · half-brained · blockheaded · bubbleheaded · insipid · Boeotian · witless · thick as mince · thickheaded · not the sharpest crayon in the box · numbskulled · sharp as a bowling ball · dumb · doltish · dense · stolid · empty-headed · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · boofheaded · dumb as a doorknob · unsmart · vacuous · inane · purblind · stupid · woolly-minded · thick · birdbrained · goofy · dim · flea-brained · slow on the uptake · buffle-headed · daft · knuckleheaded · vacant · simple · bullet-headed · quarter-witted · dunderheaded · thickwitted · dumb as a post · lamebrained · mentally retarded · crackbrained · braindead · addlepated · dumb as a sack of hammers · oafish · chuckleheaded · pratty · dim-bulb · dull · fuckwitted · airheaded · fuzzy-headed · drowsy · beef-witted · slow · wooden-headed · idiotic · dull-witted · dented · uninformed · unintelligent · childish · boneheaded · foolish · imbecilic · hammer-headed · moronic · thick as champ · muttonheaded · thick as a whale omelette · thick as two short planks · dim-headed · dumber than a box of rocks · wool-headed · retarded · mentally challenged · puerile · obtuse · half-witted · smooth-brained · dumb as a box of rocks · bee-brained · fatheaded · feeble-minded · dozy · ridiculous · lunkheaded · brainless · pudding-headed · peabrained · dumb as a bag of hammers · cretinous · ass-brained · woolly-headed · vacuous · thick as a brick · dull-headed · dumb as dirt · slow-witted · cerebrally challenged · not the sharpest tool in the shed · lumpish · monosynaptic · thick-skulled · intellectually challenged · mindless
Translations (49)
el κουτός (obnoxiously stupid) · nl dwaas (obnoxiously stupid) · fi typerä (obnoxiously stupid) · fi älytön (obnoxiously stupid) · pt fátuo (obnoxiously stupid) · hy տխմար (obnoxiously stupid) · bg глу́пав (obnoxiously stupid) · hu oktondi (obnoxiously stupid) · gd gòrach (obnoxiously stupid) · mk глу́пав (obnoxiously stupid) · la fatuus (obnoxiously stupid) · es fatuo (obnoxiously stupid) · la stultus (obnoxiously stupid) · hu balga (obnoxiously stupid) · de töricht (obnoxiously stupid) · bg безсми́слен (obnoxiously stupid) · gd amaideach (obnoxiously stupid) · pl głupi (obnoxiously stupid) · el ανόητος (obnoxiously stupid) · fr niais (obnoxiously stupid) · fr stupide (obnoxiously stupid) · it fatuo (obnoxiously stupid) · ru глу́пый (obnoxiously stupid) · fr imbécile (obnoxiously stupid) · pdt sennlooss (obnoxiously stupid) · cmn 蠢的 (obnoxiously stupid) · id tolol (obnoxiously stupid) · gd baoth (obnoxiously stupid) · hu dőre (obnoxiously stupid) · ga díchéillí (obnoxiously stupid) · de albern (obnoxiously stupid) · cs hloupý (obnoxiously stupid) · et kohtlane (obnoxiously stupid) · ga baoth (obnoxiously stupid) · nl onwijs (obnoxiously stupid) · mk бе́смислен (obnoxiously stupid) · ga amadánta (obnoxiously stupid) · cmn 愚笨 (obnoxiously stupid) · id bodoh (obnoxiously stupid) · ga baothánta (obnoxiously stupid) · hu ostoba (obnoxiously stupid) · cs pitomý (obnoxiously stupid) · ru дура́цкий (obnoxiously stupid) · ru бессмы́сленный (obnoxiously stupid) · ja 愚かな (obnoxiously stupid) · pl niedorzeczny (obnoxiously stupid) · cmn 愚昧 (obnoxiously stupid) · hu oktalan (obnoxiously stupid) · id dungu (obnoxiously stupid)