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Est. 1828
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'folly'
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Words to Describe folly

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Things folly often describes ("folly ________")

  • doubter
  • bells
  • turret
  • yard
  • calling
  • corner
  • book
  • end
  • problem
  • papers
  • wit
  • fall
  • frolic
  • sawt
  • bridge
  • age
  • the
  • incident
  • delight
  • men
  • literature
  • island
  • madness
  • religion
  • fights
  • wisdom
  • fraught
  • quake

How folly often is described ("________ folly")

  • desperate
  • manifest
  • blind
  • such
  • stupid
  • inexcusable
  • unpardonable
  • wicked
  • greater
  • wanton
  • obvious
  • rash
  • merest
  • cruel
  • much
  • apparent
  • egregious
  • rank
  • inconceivable
  • splendid
  • sentimental
  • great
  • utmost
  • supreme
  • presumptuous
  • loving
  • former
  • miserable
  • obstinate
  • extravagant
  • ridiculous
  • equal
  • gross
  • stupendous
  • sheerest
  • thoughtless
  • childish
  • senseless
  • own
  • idle
  • consummate
  • insensate
  • youthful
  • mere
  • past
  • extreme
  • sublime
  • arrant
  • criminal
  • incredible
  • suicidal
  • amazing
  • monstrous
  • dangerous
  • selfish
  • wild
  • monumental
  • greatest
  • deplorable
  • harmless
  • headstrong
  • fashionable
  • reckless
  • unaccountable
  • mad
  • ultimate
  • fatal
  • superstitious
  • drunken
  • utter
  • pure
  • tragic
  • romantic
  • absolute
  • sheer
  • strange
  • human
  • enormous
  • insane

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  • inanity
  • fraudulence
  • impiety
  • cussedness
  • egomania
  • selfishness
  • presumptuousness
  • disingenuousness
  • uselessness
  • okinawan
  • greed
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