Fatuous

Word FATUOUS
Character 7
Hyphenation fat u ous
Pronunciations /ˈfæt.ju.əs/

Definitions and meanings of "Fatuous"

What do we mean by fatuous?

Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: synonym: foolish. adjective

Foolish; foolishly conceited; feebly or stupidly self-sufficient; unconsciously silly: applied both to persons and to their acts.

Idiotic; demented; imbecile.

Unreal; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. adjective

Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. adjective

Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness. adjective

Devoid of intelligence adjective

Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.

(the act or attribute of being) complancently stupid Urban Dictionary

Foolishly self satisfied Urban Dictionary

Unconsciously foolish. Urban Dictionary

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The word "fatuous" in example sentences

I'm surprised that when I looked up the word fatuous in the dictionary, your name and picture weren't next to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Polysemaniacs cannot read or hear the word fatuous without conjuring up some image or other of fatness, possibly a paunchy wise-guy at a party. ❋ Unknown (1986)

Gore has that most annoying of characteristics of those on the Left, namely a fatuous belief that they are motivated by selfless regard for the planet, while everyone in business is motivated by a complete disregard for what is environmentally responsible. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Her answers to other question can only be described as fatuous, making the viewer want to replace her with a Barbie doll in order to obtain a higher intellectual bandwidth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Jay was so upset by the network\'s inability to commit to his contract that he disappeared from the show\'s holiday party early, while the likes of \ "Mr. Anecdote, \" Fred De Cordova, was on stage performing some kind of fatuous satire with other members of the NBC brass. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jay was so upset by the network's inability to commit to his contract that he disappeared from the show's holiday party early, while the likes of "Mr. Anecdote," Fred De Cordova, was on stage performing some kind of fatuous satire with other members of the NBC brass. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is the kind of fatuous dreck we are used to hearing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Or is all this just another "fatuous" observation, by your lights? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Democratic Alliance has dismissed as "fatuous" a correctional services department denial of preferential treatment for certain prisoners. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Democratic Alliance dismissed the adverts as "fatuous". ❋ Unknown (2007)

A White House aide says it is "fatuous" to say the Leahy photo forced the White House to capitulate. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Secondly, I am not at all sure anyone would know what you mean by 'fatuous'. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It's somehow comforting to know that, for all the progress humanity has made, we're still capable of the same kind of fatuous nonsense. ❋ Unknown (2005)

As to "fatuous", it was a little Mannian, but not entirely uncalled for, given your deletion of objective information and dissemination of "sincere" disinformation. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Oh yea, the Bean was a big genius cause he used words like "fatuous" and "differentially." ❋ Nathaniel Livingston (2004)

"And see the particular kind of fatuous ass I am set down clearly in my own handwriting!" he said to himself. ❋ Sarah Grand (N/A)

An individual, notoriously slack and incompetent, ten years his junior, had been promoted over his head, because he was somebody's cousin and the kind of fatuous ass that only labours industriously in drawing-rooms and at functions, recuperating by slacking idly in offices and at duties -- a paltry but paying game much practised by a very small class in India. ❋ Percival Christopher Wren (1913)

Schildknecht, on the other hand, says the concept is 'fatuous'. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dawkins also poked fun at the "fatuous" request in capital letters in the middle of the Foundation's announcement of Thursday's event: ❋ Barry Duke (2010)

I was rather fatuous [watching] [television] [all day] ❋ Bedfellows (2006)

You [ignorant] [fatuous] [dink]. ❋ Miss Crazy Priss (2005)

Person 1: They are acting so [fatuous]! Person 2: Try telling that to their [faces]! They [will not] stop! ❋ PandaGirl Xox (2016)

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