fatuous
fatuous · more fatuous · most fatuous
простий, легкий
глупый, дурацкий, бессмысленный
albern, töricht
Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishnessObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
UK/ˈfæt.ju.əs/US/ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/
» This is going to sound completely fatuous, but it's my honest answer.
Meaning
1 sensesObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
Near-synonyms: vacuous; see also Thesaurus:stupid
töricht, albern
глу́пыйglúpyj, дура́цкийduráckij, бессмы́сленныйbessmýslennyj
extremely silly or stupid
Examples
3 sentencesThis is going to sound completely fatuous, but it's my honest answer.
Don't be fatuous, Tom.
Those were fatuous words.
deDas waren törichte Worte.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
obnoxiously stupid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
obnoxiously stupid:
Origin
From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).
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Forms
more fatuous, most fatuous| Comparative | more fatuous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most fatuous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
131 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsDerivedunfatuous
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form