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bêtise
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BÊTISE
a foolish act or idea <writing a sequel to a Jane Austen novel must be regarded as a literary bêtise of the highest order>
Synonyms absurdity, asininity, bêtise, fatuity, foolery, foppery, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, stupidity
Related Words absurdness, craziness, foolishness, inaneness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; buffoonery, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; drivel, humbug, nonsense, twaddle; blunder, bungle, flub, goof, howler
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