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adjectivefoolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. unreal; illusory. Origin of fatuousFirst recorded in 1625–35; from Latin fatuus “silly, foolish, idiotic”; see -ous SYNONYMS FOR fatuous1 dense, dull, dim-witted. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fatuous ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for fatuous1. See foolish. OTHER WORDS FROM fatuousfat·u·ous·ly, adverbfat·u·ous·ness, nounWords nearby fatuousfatty metamorphosis, fatty oil, fatty tumor, fatuitous, fatuity, fatuous, fatwa, fat-witted, fatwood, faubourg, faucal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fatuousDuring one break in the filming, he was a fatuous British director, “exploring the essence of what we call cinema!” The Stacks: Robin Williams, More Than A Shtick Figure|Joe Morgenstern|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST And “alkalinizing” someone in an attempt to improve their health is simple-minded, fatuous, and dangerous. Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health Is Simple-Minded, Fatuous, and Dangerous|Kent Sepkowitz|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST I also won't repeat, or defend him against, all the fatuous charges leveled against him. Hagel And The Neo-McCarthyites|Bernard Avishai|December 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST "They obliterated it with some fatuous piece of commentary about something else," Gough told the Guardian. Escalating Row Over BBC Coverage of Jubilee|Tom Sykes|June 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Any argument about their constitutional rights is fatuous; you give up certain rights in exchange for a journalistic soapbox. Olbermann's Wrist Slap|Howard Kurtz|November 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST "Very much pleased," the potato baron replied, and flashed his fine teeth in a fatuous grin. The Pride of Palomar|Peter B. Kyne I was not averse to seeing Chester rebuked for his fatuous behavior, and for tempting me to a deviation from strict duty. Yellowstone Nights|Herbert Quick He compared her in his mind to Catherine Bailey, and could not but feel that in his youth he had been blind and fatuous. An Old Man's Love|Anthony Trollope “You sure will,” agreed Toby, with one of his fatuous grins. The Twins of Suffering Creek|Ridgwell Cullum He now saw clearly in his fatuous visitor the conceit of the lady-killer, the egoistic complacency of the successful trifler.
British Dictionary definitions for fatuous
adjectivecomplacently or inanely foolish Derived forms of fatuousfatuously, adverbfatuousness, nounWord Origin for fatuousC17: from Latin fatuus; related to fatiscere to gape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fatuousabsurd, asinine, brainless, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple |