N. want of -intelligence, want of - intellect, shadowness,
silliness,
foolishness,
imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let,
stupidity,
stolidity,
hebetude, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness,
incompetence, one's weak side, not one's strong point,
bias,
infatuation, simplicity,
puerility,
babyhood,
dotage,
anility, second childishness,
fatuity,
idiocy,
idiotism,
driveling, folly,
frivolity,
irrationality, trifling,
ineptitude,
nugacity,
inconsistency, lip wisdom,
conceit,
sophistry,
giddiness,
eccentricity,
extravagance,
rashness, act of folly, b, be - imbecile, have no -brains, have no sense,
trifle,
drivel, radoter,
dote,
ramble, play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around, take leave of one's senses (insanity) 503, not see an inch beyond one's nose, stultify oneself, talk nonsense
Adj. unintelligent, unintellectual, unreasoning, mindless, witless, reasoningless, brainless, halfbaked, having no head, not -bright,
inapprehensible, weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded, beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed,
weak-minded,
feeble-minded, dull minded, shallow minded, lack-brained,
rattle-brained, rattle headed, half witted, lean witted, short witted, dull witted,
blunt-witted,
shallow-pated, clod-pated, addle- pated,
dim-sighted, short-sighted,
thick-skulled, weak in the upper story, shallow, borne, weak, wanting, soft,
sappy,
spoony, dull, dull as a beetle,
stupid, heavy,
insulse,
obtuse,
blunt,
stolid,
doltish,
asinine, inapt,
prosaic, hebetudinous,
childish, child-like,
infantine,
infantile,
babyish,
babish,
puerile,
anile, simple,
old-womanish,
fatuous,
idiotic,
imbecile,
driveling,
blatant,
babbling,
vacant,
sottish,
bewildered,
blockish, unteachable boeotian, boeotic,
bovine, ungifted,
undiscerning,
unenlightened, unwise, unphilosophical,
apish, simious,
foolish,
silly, senseless,
irrational,
insensate,
nonsensical,
inept,
maudlin,
narrow-minded,
bigoted,
giddy,
rash,
eccentric,
foolish, unwise,
injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason,
ridiculous,
absurd,
idiotic,
silly,
stupid,
asinine, ill-imagined, ill-advised,
ill-judged, ill-devised, mal entendu, inconsistent,
irrational, unphilosophical,
extravagant,
sleeveless,
idle, pointless, useless, inexpedient,
frivolous Phr. davus sum non, "a fool's bolt is soon shot" clitellae bovi sunt impositae, "fools rush in where angels fear to tread", il n' a ni bouche ni eperon, "the bookful blockhead, ignorantly read", "to varnish nonsense with the charms of sound"
N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness,
immateriality,
triviality,
levity,
frivolity,
paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything,
nonentity, small beer,
cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel,
toy,
plaything,
popgun, paper pellet,
gimcrack,
gewgaw,
bauble,
trinket,
bagatelle, rickshaw,
knickknack, whim-wham,
trifle, "trifles light as air", yankee notions,
trumpery,
trash,
rubbish, stuff, fatras,
frippery, "leather or prunello",
chaff,
drug, froth bubble smoke,
cobweb,
weed, refuse,
scum,
joke,
jest, snap of the fingers,
fudge,
fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig,
button,
rush,
bulrush,
feather, halfpenny,
farthing, brass farthing,
doit,
peppercorn,
jot,
rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill,
picayune,
pistareen, red cent,
minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean,
flea-bite,
molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing
V. be unimportant, not matter, go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing, not matter a straw, make light of, catch at straws
Adj. unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate,
mediocre, passable, fair, respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable,
so-so, insignificant,
inappreciable, trifling,
trivial, slight, slender, light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle,
puerile,
airy, shallow, weak, powerless,
frivolous, petty,
niggling,
piddling,
peddling,
fribble,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical,
finical,
finikin,
fiddle-faddle, fingle- fangle,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy, milk and water, poor,
paltry,
pitiful, contemptible,
sorry, mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid,
beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery,
one-horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, 1 beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain
Adv. slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares
Int. no matter,
pish,
tush,
tut,
pshaw,
pugh,
pooh,
pooh-pooh,
fudge,
bosh,
humbug,
fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, fiddlededee, never mind, n'importe, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for' stuff and nonsense, stuff, nonsense, phr, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau
N. inactivity, inaction,
inertness,
obstinacy,
lull,
quiescence,
rust,
rustiness, idleness, remissness,
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence,
dawdling, ergophobia,
otiosity, dullness,
languor, segnity|, segnitude|,
lentor,
sluggishness,
procrastination,
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence,
stupor,
somnolence,
drowsiness,
nodding,
oscitation,
oscitancy,
pandiculation,
hypnotism,
lethargy, statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids, sleep,
slumber, sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep,
morpheus, somnus,
coma,
trance, ecstasis, dream,
hibernation,
nap,
doze,
snooze,
siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks,
snore,
hypnology, dull work,
pottering,
relaxation, castle of indolence,
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic, sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic, general anaesthetic,
torpedo, idler,
drone,
droil,
dawdle,
mopus, do-little faineant,
dummy, sleeping partner, afternoon farmer, truant : bummer|,
loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker,
lounger, lazzarone,
lubber,
lubbard, slow coach, opium eater, lotus eater,
slug, lag|,
sluggard,
slugabed,
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot, waiter on providence, fruges consumere natus
V. be inactive, do nothing, move slowly, let the grass grow under one's feet, take one's time,
dawdle,
drawl,
droil,
lag, hang back,
slouch,
loll,
lollop,
lounge,
poke,
loaf,
loiter, go to sleep over, sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile, take it easy, take things as they come, lead an easy life,
vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness, loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence, waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time, burn daylight, waste the precious hours, idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time, spend time in, take time in,
peddle,
piddle,
potter,
pudder,
dabble, faddle fribble,
fiddle-faddle,
dally,
dilly-dally, sleep,
slumber, be asleep,
hibernate, oversleep, sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse, sleep soundly,
heavily,
doze, drowze,
snooze,
nap, take a nap, dream, snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep, doze off, drop off, fall asleep, drop asleep, close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids, weigh down the eyelids, get sleep,
nod,
yawn, go to bed, turn, get some z's, stack z's,
languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire,
relax, render idle,
sluggardize,
mitigate Adj. inactive, motionless, unoccupied unbusied,
indolent,
lazy,
slothful,
idle,
lusk, remiss,
slack,
inert,
torpid,
sluggish,
otiose,
languid,
supine, heavy, dull,
leaden,
lumpish,
exanimate, soulless, listless,
drony,
dronish, lazy as ludlam's dog,
dilatory,
laggard,
lagging, slow,
rusty,
flagging,
lackadaisical,
maudlin,
fiddle-faddle,
pottering,
shilly-shally, sleeping,
&c. v,
asleep, fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep, in a sound sleep, sound as a top,
dormant,
comatose, in the arms of morpheus, in the lap of morpheus,
sleepy, sleepful,
dozy,
drowsy,
somnolent,
torpescent,
lethargic,
lethargical, somnifacient, statuvolent, statuvolic, heavy, heavy with sleep,
napping,
somnific,
somniferous,
soporous,
soporific,
soporiferous,
hypnotic,
balmy,
dreamy, unawakened, unawakened,
sedative Adv. inactively, at leisure
Phr. the eyes begin to draw straws, "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease", "better 50 years of europe than a cycle of cathay", "idly busy rolls their world away", "the mystery of folded sleep", "the timely dew of sleep", "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep", "tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
