Word Meanings - FOOL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FOOL)

• Idiot
• Imbecile
• fool
• Nasty
• Fool
• offensive
• odious
• disagreeable
• indelicate
• impure
• gross
• unclean
• obscene

Related words: (words related to FOOL)

• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• IDIOTISH
  Like an idiot; foolish.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• IDIOTRY
  Idiocy. Bp. Warburton.
• IMBECILE
  Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane. Syn. -- Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
• OFFENSIVE
  1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach."
• INDELICATE
  Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse;
• IDIOT
  1. A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons. Jer. Taylor. 2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple
• IDIOTICON
  A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.
• IMPURE
  Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. (more info) 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water
• GROSSULAR
  Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet. (more info) of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See
• IDIOTIZE
  To become stupid.
• GROSS-HEADED
  Thick-skulled; stupid.
• IDIOTHERMIC
  Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.
• DISAGREEABLE
  1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall. 2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or That which is disagreeable to one is
• GROSS
  grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. Engross, Grocer, 1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. "A gross fat man." Shak. A gross body of horse under
• GROSSIFICATION
  The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow. (more info) 1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
• GROSSBEAK
  See GROSBEAK
• OBSCENE
  1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
• IMPURELY
  In an impure manner.
• COMMODIOUSLY
  In a commodious manner. To pass commodiously this life. Milton.
• INOFFENSIVE
  1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance. 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden. 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. Milton.
• DISCOMMODIOUS
  Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. Spenser. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
• COMMODIOUS
  Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope. The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts.
• INGROSS
  See ENGROSS
• COMMODIOUSNESS
  State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.
• PHOTO-EPINASTY
  A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. Encyc. Brit.
• IMMELODIOUS
  Not melodious.