Imbecility Synonyms

ĭm'bə-sĭl'ĭ-tē

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Synonyms for Imbecility

foolishness
(Uncountable) The state of being foolish.
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craziness
(Uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
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idiocy
Behavior like that of an idiot; great foolishness or stupidity
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silliness
(Countable) An act that is silly; a result of being silly.
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absurdity
(Uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
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moronity
Feeble-mindedness
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retardation
(Music) A diminishing of tempo; a retard.
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cretinism
A congenital condition caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormone during prenatal development and characterized by small stature, intellectual disability, dystrophy of the bones, and a low basal metabolism.
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folly
A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
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foolery
Foolish behavior or a foolish action
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lunacy
The definition of lunacy is the state of being insane or wild foolishness.
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madness
Great folly:
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nonsense
Extravagant foolishness or frivolity:
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senselessness
The state of being senseless.
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tomfoolery
Foolish behaviour
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zaniness
The state or condition of being zany.
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betise
A stupid or foolish act or remark.
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Words Related to Imbecility

stupidity
The quality or condition of being stupid.
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insanity
The definition of insanity is having a serious mental illness or being extremely foolish.
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ability
(Countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
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baseness
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fatalism
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vacuity
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Imbecility Sentence Examples

  • It was saved by the imbecility and disunion of the hostile powers.

  • He was a pious young man, simple to the Cbaracter verge of imbecility; a little later he developed actual henry vi.

  • The time of the Ashtarkhanides had been for the most part a time of dissolution and decay; fanaticism and imbecility went hand in hand.

  • He fell into melancholy, imbecility, and at last madness, with lucid intervals, and died at Milan on the 15th (13th) of February 1787.

  • Visited in 1873 and 1878 the colony was found in excellent order, but by the end of the century it was stated that intermarriage was bringing a deterioration of intellect, morals and energy, and that the islanders would probably drift into imbecility.

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