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What is the adjective for fools?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs fool and foolify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

foolish
  1. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. silly, stupid, senseless, unwise, witless, brainless, idiotic, daft, fatuous, dumb, unintelligent, mindless, dippy, simple, dim, dopey, goofy, moronic, potty, simpleminded, loopy, barmy, braindead, crackpot, daffy, dotty, gormless, imbecilic, lunkheaded, thickheaded, whacky, balmy, bubbleheaded, chowderheaded, damfool, doltish, dotish, featherheaded, tomfool, feebleminded, glaikit, inept, dim-witted, half-witted, as daft as a brush, weak-minded, pea-brained, wooden-headed, addle-brained, crazy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Many considered him a foolish man, but his inner genius would gradually mature and emerge over time.”
      “He understood that it would be foolish to risk everything for stubborn pride.”
      “The entire diatribe was laden with foolish rationalizations of the inexcusable.”
foolhardy
  1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. reckless, rash, imprudent, hasty, incautious, thoughtless, impulsive, careless, injudicious, heedless, unwise, precipitate, impetuous, overhasty, irresponsible, madcap, daredevil, daring, audacious, brash, foolish, adventurous, bold, temerarious, precipitous, venturesome, venturous, adventuresome, risky, unheeding, headstrong, silly, overbold, harebrained, stupid, unsafe, desperate, mad, devil-may-care, harum-scarum, hare-brained, death-or-glory, hell-for-leather, over-adventurous, over-venturesome, unthinking, wild, ill-advised, ill-considered, indiscreet … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “To disagree with the guild master was foolhardy, but to blatantly contradict his words was a death sentence.”
      “Those who would be foolhardy enough to actually take any of this seriously would do better to steer clear of this film.”
      “There are compelling reasons why such a course of action would also be foolhardy and counterproductive in addition to hugely unlikely.”
foolsome
  1. Marked by foolishness or characteristic of a fool; foolish
folliful
  1. (obsolete) Full of folly; foolish.
foolable
  1. Able to be fooled.
foolhardier
  1. comparative form of foolhardy: more foolhardy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. recklesser, rasher, hastier, unwiser, brasher, foolisher, bolder, riskier, sillier, stupider, madder, more imprudent, more incautious, more thoughtless, more impulsive, more careless, more injudicious, more heedless, more precipitate, more impetuous, more irresponsible, more madcap, more daredevil, more daring, more audacious, more adventurous, more temerarious, more venturesome, more venturous, more adventuresome, more unheeding, more headstrong, more overbold, more harebrained, more unsafe, more desperate, more devil-may-care, more unthinking, more ill-advised, more ill-considered, wilder, more indiscreet, more headlong, more misguided, more unconsidered, more hotheaded, more improvident, more ill-judged, more negligent, more impolitic … more
foolhardiest
  1. superlative form of foolhardy: most foolhardy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. recklessest, rashest, hastiest, unwisest, brashest, foolishest, boldest, riskiest, silliest, stupidest, maddest, most imprudent, most incautious, most thoughtless, most impulsive, most careless, most injudicious, most heedless, most precipitate, most impetuous, most irresponsible, most madcap, most daredevil, most daring, most audacious, most adventurous, most temerarious, most venturesome, most venturous, most adventuresome, most unheeding, most headstrong, most overbold, most harebrained, most unsafe, most desperate, most devil-may-care, most unthinking, most ill-advised, most ill-considered, wildest, most indiscreet, most headlong, most misguided, most unconsidered, most hotheaded, most improvident, most ill-judged, most negligent, most impolitic … more
foolisher
  1. (humorous) comparative form of foolish: more foolish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sillier, stupider, unwiser, dafter, dumber, dippier, simpler, dimmer, goofier, pottier, loopier, barmier, daffier, dottier, whackier, balmier, more senseless, more witless, more brainless, more idiotic, more fatuous, more unintelligent, more mindless, more dopey, more moronic, more simpleminded, more crackpot, more gormless, more imbecilic, more thickheaded, more bubbleheaded, more chowderheaded, more doltish, more dotish, more featherheaded, more tomfool, more feebleminded, more glaikit, more inept, more dim-witted, more addle-brained, foolhardier, rasher, recklesser, more imprudent, more incautious, more injudicious, more thoughtless, more unreasonable, more impolitic … more
foolishest
  1. superlative form of foolish: most foolish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. silliest, stupidest, unwisest, daftest, dumbest, dippiest, simplest, dimmest, goofiest, pottiest, loopiest, barmiest, daffiest, dottiest, whackiest, balmiest, most senseless, most witless, most brainless, most idiotic, most fatuous, most unintelligent, most mindless, most dopey, most moronic, most simpleminded, most crackpot, most gormless, most imbecilic, most thickheaded, most bubbleheaded, most chowderheaded, most doltish, most dotish, most featherheaded, most tomfool, most feebleminded, most glaikit, most inept, most dim-witted, most addle-brained, foolhardiest, rashest, recklessest, most imprudent, most incautious, most injudicious, most thoughtless, most unreasonable, most impolitic … more
fooled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fool
  2. Synonyms:
      3. set up, tricked, conned, deceived, coaxed, manipulated, used, exploited, had, cajoled, cheated, controlled, disinformed, gulled, double-crossed, duped, ensnared, entraped, framed, hoaxed, leveraged, misled, sweet-talked, flimflammed, hoodwinked, put on, put one over on, deluded, bluffed, beguiled, bamboozled, swindled, stiffed, defrauded, snookered, suckered, outwitted, diddled, swizzled, fiddled, outfoxed, cozened, hornswoggled, had on, buncoed, caught, juggled, snowed, burnt, misguided … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There is a delight on the part of the trickster who has had the superior wit to understand the mind of the fooled victim.”
fooling
  1. present participle of fool
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deceiving, deluding, misleading, tricking, bluffing, duping, hoaxing, beguiling, conning, hoodwinking, bamboozling, cheating, gulling, taking in, swindling, stiffing, defrauding, diddling, outwitting, snookering, suckering, cozening, fiddling, having on, hornswoggling, outfoxing, swizzling, buffaloing, buncoing, burning, catching, doing, euchring, gaffing, gammoning, having, humbugging, juggling, misguiding, misinforming, shafting, snowing, spoofing, stinging, chicaning, flimflamming, juking, mulcting, scamming, foxing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He always had a fooling smile on his face whenever he played pranks on his friends.”
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