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Foolish vs Sottish - What's the difference?

foolish | sottish |

As adjectives the difference between foolish and sottish

is that foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise while sottish is alcoholic, drinking heavily.

foolish

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
  • :
  • *(Aeschylus)
  • *:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .

    • Synonyms

    * absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwise

    Antonyms

    * wise

    Derived terms

    * foolishness

    sottish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • alcoholic, drinking heavily
  • drunk
  • foolish, stupid, senseless
  • :1769 -
  • :For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

    • Quotations

    *Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound. - "The Dead", from "Dubliners" by James Joyce (1914)