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as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared
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as in clown
a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks
a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't
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as in sucker
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
I'm a fool for ice cream
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as in psychopath
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
he's always got some fool plan or other
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as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party
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as in to joke
to make jokes
an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience
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Recent Examples of fool
Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 9 Dec. 2024
What a fool not to have thought of this immediately!
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Don’t be fooled by the beauty of these rings: These octopuses are among the deadliest of cephalopods, and there’s plenty that researchers still need to learn about them.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Noun
And don’t let the low price tag fool you, Zara actually put tons of thought into the hair perfumes—because in addition to tapping the lovely Daisy Edgar-Jones for the campaign, Zara assembled its own dream team to create the perfumes.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 9 Dec. 2024
What a fool not to have thought of this immediately!
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies
Don’t let the pastoral scenes fool you—this is a thriller.
—Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Don’t be fooled by the beauty of these rings: These octopuses are among the deadliest of cephalopods, and there’s plenty that researchers still need to learn about them.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Luna rocked a black and red creepy clown look, while Miles dressed up and dabbed as DJ Marshmello.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Taking place 27 years before Stephen King’s original novel (because Pennywise only shows up in 27-year intervals), the show will explore the town’s first sightings and experiences with the dancing clown.Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Rams are the better, more motivated, more rested team, which makes this appear as a sucker line.Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Can’t spin me with the sucker sh*t to take Hov down.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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While admirable, the plan to resettle the poor was foolish in retrospect as the Low Country soil is sandy and the weather too hot for farming.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is also charged with using a forged instrument to deceive or injure another person.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The dogs and the customs agents at Dulles Airport were not deceived.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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And at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, York was the man who commanded the media room for six decades during the Indianapolis 500, offering guidance to newer journalists and joking with veterans about eating too much complimentary food.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
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Several have joked about what the right choice of name would have been for the kitten, after Katie shared the family's choice of name for him in the post.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
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The doll, which is called the Witch Weaver, wears flared bell-bottoms, a gossamer harlequin blouse, gold waistcoat and crystal headpiece — taking inspiration from Reed’s signature design codes, personal style and even Lady Gaga.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ponta Delgada serves as an ideal starting point for exploring the Azores, a paradise for hiking enthusiasts, nature lovers, and those in search of sustainable adventures.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel star as lovers battling fame in their own industries.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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Gibson is making 1991’s Dexter his own, Brown said, by thriving in the complex mask-work that’s required to play a lethal psychopath learning to conceal his still-emerging condition.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lowen ingratiates herself with Jeremy and his son, Crew, to buy herself time to work out whether Verity's books are truly fiction or an ominous warning from a deranged psychopath.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Fool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fool. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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