N. absurdity,
absurdness,
imbecility, alogy|, nonsense, utter nonsense,
paradox,
inconsistency,
stultiloquy,
stultiloquence,
nugacity,
blunder,
muddle, bull, irishism|, hibernicism|,
slipslop,
anticlimax,
bathos,
sophism,
farce, galimathias, amphigouri,
rhapsody,
farrago, betise,
extravagance, romance,
sciamachy, sell,
pun, verbal quibble,
macaronic,
jargon,
fustian,
twaddle,
gibberish,
exaggeration,
moonshine, stuff, mare's nest,
quibble,
self-delusion,
vagary,
tomfoolery, poppycock,
mummery, monkey trick,
boutade,
escapade V. play the fool, talk nonsense, parler a tort et a travess, battre la campagne, ἀνεμώλια βάζειν be -absurd
Adj. absurd,
nonsensical,
preposterous,
egregious, senseless, inconsistent,
ridiculous,
extravagant,
quibbling, self-annulling, self- contradictory,
macaronic,
punning,
foolish,
sophistical, unmeaning, without rhyme or reason,
fantastic Phr. credat judaeus apella, tell it to the marines, faculties
Int. fiddlededee,
pish, pho, "in the name of the prophet—figs!"
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. exaggeration, expansion,
hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring, high coloring,
caricature, caricatura,
extravagance, baron munchausen, men in buckram, yarn,
fringe,
embroidery, traveler's tale, fish story, gooseberry* storm in a teacup, much ado about nothing,
puff,
puffery,
rant, figure of speech, facon de parler, stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination, flight of fancy, false coloring,
aggravation V. exaggerate,
magnify, pile up,
aggravate,
amplify, overestimate,
hyperbolize, overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise, make over much, over the most of, strain, strain over a point, stretch, stretch a point, go great lengths, spin a long yarn, draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow, deal in the marvelous, out-herod herod, run riot, talk at random,
heighten, overcolor, color highly, color too highly, broder,
flourish, color,
puff Adj. exaggerated, overwrought,
bombastic,
hyperbolical, on stilts,
fabulous,
extravagant,
preposterous,
egregious,
outre,
highflying Phr. excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo, 1, natural means
N. redundancy,
redundance, too much, too many,
superabundance,
superfluity, superfluence|,
saturation,
nimiety,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness,
profusion,
repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough,
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion, load,
surfeit, sickener,
turgescence,
overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow,
inundation,
avalanche, accumulation,
heap,
drug, drug in the market,
glut, crowd, burden, excess,
surplus,
overplus,
epact, margin, remainder,
duplicate,
surplusage,
expletive, work of supererogation,
bonus,
bonanza,
luxury,
intemperance,
extravagance,
exorbitance,
lavishment,
pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses
V. superabound, overabound, know no bounds,
swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge,
overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload,
overdo,
overwhelm, overshoot the mark,
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut, load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge, flood,
drug, drug the market,
hepatize,
choke,
cloy,
accloy,
suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with,
lavish, send coals to newcastle, carry coals to newcastle, carry owls to athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, "gild refined gold", "gild the lily", butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
exaggerate, wallow in roll in remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging
Adj. redundant, too much, too many,
exuberant,
inordinate,
superabundant, excessive, overmuch,
replete,
profuse,
lavish,
prodigal,
exorbitant,
overweening,
extravagant, overcharged,
supersaturated,
drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing,
gorged, ready to burst,
dropsical,
turgid,
plethoric,
obese,
superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous|, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop,
adscititious,
supernumerary, on one's hands,
spare,
duplicate,
supererogatory,
expletive, un peu fort
Adv. over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with, to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim
Phr. it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, 2. degree of subservience
V. be dear, cost much, cost a pretty penny, rise in price, look up, overcharge,
bleed,
fleece,
extort, pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar
Adj. dear, high, high priced, of great price, expensive, costly, precious, worth a jew's eye|, dear bought, at a premium, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value, unreasonable,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
extortionate, overpriced, more than it's woth
Adv. dear,
dearly, at great cost, heavy cost, a grands frais
Phr. prices looking up, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, le cout en ote le gout, vel prece vel pretio, too high a price to pay, not worth it
N. prodigality, prodigence|,
unthriftiness, waste,
profusion,
profuseness,
extravagance,
squandering,
malversation,
prodigal,
spendthrift, waste thrift,
losel,
squanderer,
locust, high roller*
V. be prodigal,
squander,
lavish, sow broadcast, pour forth like water, blow, blow in*, pay through the nose,
spill, waste,
dissipate,
exhaust,
drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable, run out, run through,
misspend, throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet, burn the candle at both ends, make ducks and drakes of one's money, fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money, pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, manger son ble en herbe
Adj. prodigal,
profuse,
thriftless,
unthrifty,
improvident, wasteful,
losel,
extravagant,
lavish,
dissipated, overliberal, full-handed, penny wise and pound foolish
Adv. with an unsparing hand, money burning a hole in one's pocket
Phr. amor nummi, facile largiri de alieno, wie gewonnen so zerronnen, les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent, "spendthrift alike of money and of wit", "squandering wealth was his peculiar art"
N. ridiculousness,
comicality,
oddity,
extravagance,
drollery,
farce, comedy,
burlesque,
buffoonery,
frippery, doggerel verses,
absurdity,
bombast,
anticlimax,
bathos,
eccentricity,
monstrosity,
laughingstock V. be ridiculous, pass from the sublime to the ridiculous, make one laugh, play the fool, make a fool of oneself, commit an absurdity
Adj. ridiculous,
ludicrous,
comical,
droll,
funny,
laughable, pour rire,
grotesque,
farcical, odd,
whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear,
fanciful,
fantastic, queer,
rum,
quizzical,
quaint,
bizarre,
screaming,
eccentric, strange,
outlandish, out of the way,
baroque,
weird,
awkward,
extravagant,
outre,
monstrous,
preposterous,
bombastic, inflated,
stilted,
burlesque, mock heroic,
drollish, seriocomic, tragicomic,
gimcrack, contemptible,
doggerel,
ironical, risible
Phr. risum teneatis amici, rideret heraclitus, du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas
