| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Fool.[Websters] 2. To be clotted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have boobed, suckered, cuckooed, sapped or goofed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have twitted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be gilded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be chiselled or short-changed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have dumbed or dulled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be rooked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have dummied or mocked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be coded.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fool.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fool) |
1. Make a fool or dupe of.[Wordnet]. 2. Spend frivolously and unwisely.[Wordnet]. 3. Indulge in horseplay; "The bored children were fooling about".[Wordnet]. 4. Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!".[Wordnet]. 5. To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.[Websters]. 6. To infatuate; to make foolish.[Websters]. 7. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: fooling, fooled, fools, fooler, foolers, foolingly and fooledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being clotted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being imbecile. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being fatuous, imbecilic, footling, goofy or headless. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being dull, lethargic or stupid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being zany or screwy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being idiotic, silly or daft. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being gauche, gawky, clumsy, impolitic or awkward. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being snooty or cocky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being demented, lunatic, crazy, insane or loony. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being manic or maniacal.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Fooled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Disappointed; defeated; deceived; imposed on.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| MultiLingual Slang | Alemannic (g'arscht). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of fool. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fooled by Randomness | Nassim Nicholas Taleb authored the book Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets. In 2001, TEXERE LLC published the first edition of Fooled. In 2004, TEXERE published the revamped second edition. (references) | ||
| Won't Get Fooled Again | Won't Get Fooled Again is a rock song by the British rock band The Who. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: FOOLED | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Won't Get Fooled Again | 34 | Fooled Again | 2 | |
| Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode) | 11 | Fooled By a Smile | 5 | |
| Fooled by Randomness | 6 | Fooled by Randomness | 6 | |
| Fooled By a Smile | 5 | Won't Get Fooled Again | 34 | |
| Fooled Again | 2 | Won't Get Fooled Again (Farscape episode) | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | مغرور (proud, conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled), مَغْرُور (conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled, lured), دَلَّسَ (beguile, beguiled, beguiles, beguiling, bluff), والَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خامِل (inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish, torpid), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), حَمْقاء (awkward, backhanded, bullish, dodo, dodos), وَلَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خَرِق (awkward, backhanded, blockhead, blockheads, bullish), دالَسَ (allure, allured, allures, alluring, bamboozle). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | مغرور (proud, conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled), مَغْرُور (conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled, lured), دَلَّسَ (beguile, beguiled, beguiles, beguiling, bluff), والَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خامِل (inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish, torpid), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), حَمْقاء (awkward, backhanded, bullish, dodo, dodos), وَلَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خَرِق (awkward, backhanded, blockhead, blockheads, bullish), دالَسَ (allure, allured, allures, alluring, bamboozle). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Albanian | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Alemannic | g'arscht (arsed, betrayed, fooled, fucked). Additional references: Alemannic, Germany, Switzerland, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | مغرور (proud, conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled), مَغْرُور (conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled, lured), دَلَّسَ (beguile, beguiled, beguiles, beguiling, bluff), والَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خامِل (inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish, torpid), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), حَمْقاء (awkward, backhanded, bullish, dodo, dodos), وَلَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خَرِق (awkward, backhanded, blockhead, blockheads, bullish), دالَسَ (allure, allured, allures, alluring, bamboozle). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arnaut | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Baseclois | auyu (had, been, fooled, obtained). Additional references: Baseclois, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Basque | erraz tronpatzen gaitu maite dugunak (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Basque, Spain, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | oklamaný (cajoled, deceived, duped, fooled, foxed). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | enganado (deceived, hoodwinked, deceived one, deceived person, done). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bresciano | en se fa fregà da i laùr che amom trop (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Bresciano, Italy, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | man bliver let narret af det man elsker (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | คนเรามักจะถูกหลอกโดยสิ่งที่ตนรัก (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | oklamaný (cajoled, deceived, duped, fooled, foxed). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 上当 (be take in, be duped, be fooled, be taken in). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 上當 (be take in, be duped, be fooled, jump at the bait, nibble at bait). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | oklamaný (cajoled, deceived, duped, fooled, foxed). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | man bliver let narret af det man elsker (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | man bliver let narret af det man elsker (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | به سادگی اجازه فريفته شدن از جانب آنچه که به آن عشق می ورزيم را می دهيم (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | hereingelegt (cheated, fooled, taken in, deceived, conned), betrogen (cheated, deceived, defrauded, fooled, diddled), getäuscht (deceived, hoodwinked, mystified, baffled, beguiled), gekalbert (fooled about). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | beetgenomen (fooled), genomen (taken, fooled), men is snel beetgenomen door diegenen die men liefheeft (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dzoratâi | no sein prâo châ einguiénâ pè cein que no z'amein (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Dzoratâi, Switzerland, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Euskera | erraz tronpatzen gaitu maite dugunak (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Euskera, Spain, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | ihmistä voi helposti pettää se mitä hän rakastaa (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | dupe (fool, fooled, diddle, diddles, dupe), trompé (deceived, mistaken, disappointed, misled, deluded), dupé (diddled, duped, fooled, cheated, deceived), eu (had, been, fooled, obtained), triché (cheated, deceived, copied, fooled, smuggled), être amené par duperie à faire quelque chose fool about (be fooled into doing something), se laisser duper (allow oneself to be taken in, be fooled). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | dupe (fool, fooled, diddle, diddles, dupe), trompé (deceived, mistaken, disappointed, misled, deluded), dupé (diddled, duped, fooled, cheated, deceived), eu (had, been, fooled, obtained), triché (cheated, deceived, copied, fooled, smuggled), être amené par duperie à faire quelque chose fool about (be fooled into doing something), se laisser duper (allow oneself to be taken in, be fooled). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | hereingelegt (cheated, fooled, taken in, deceived, conned), betrogen (cheated, deceived, defrauded, fooled, diddled), getäuscht (deceived, hoodwinked, mystified, baffled, beguiled), gekalbert (fooled about). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gilbertese | aouaki (fooled). Additional references: Gilbertese, Kiribati, Fiji, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | מה שאנחנו אוהבים מרמה אותנו בקלות (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | مغرور (proud, conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled), مَغْرُور (conceited, dazzled, deceived, fooled, lured), دَلَّسَ (beguile, beguiled, beguiles, beguiling, bluff), والَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خامِل (inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish, torpid), دارَى (adulate, adulated, adulates, adulating, adulation), حَمْقاء (awkward, backhanded, bullish, dodo, dodos), وَلَسَ (bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozles, bamboozling, beguile), خَرِق (awkward, backhanded, blockhead, blockheads, bullish), دالَسَ (allure, allured, allures, alluring, bamboozle). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | hereingelegt (cheated, fooled, taken in, deceived, conned), betrogen (cheated, deceived, defrauded, fooled, diddled), getäuscht (deceived, hoodwinked, mystified, baffled, beguiled), gekalbert (fooled about). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hindi | प्रेमपात्र द्वारा इन्सान आसानी से धोखा खा जाता है (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Hindi, India, Nepal, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | hereingelegt (cheated, fooled, taken in, deceived, conned), betrogen (cheated, deceived, defrauded, fooled, diddled), getäuscht (deceived, hoodwinked, mystified, baffled, beguiled), gekalbert (fooled about). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ikiribati | aouaki (fooled). Additional references: Ikiribati, Kiribati, Fiji, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | imbrogliato (fooled, afoul, knotty, diddled, embroiled), ci lasciamo ingannare facilmente da quello che amiamo (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Itbayaten | niloko (fooled). Additional references: Itbayaten, Philippines, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivatan | niloko (fooled). Additional references: Ivatan, Philippines, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | מה שאנחנו אוהבים מרמה אותנו בקלות (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Khadi Boli | प्रेमपात्र द्वारा इन्सान आसानी से धोखा खा जाता है (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Khadi Boli, India, Nepal, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Khari Boli | प्रेमपात्र द्वारा इन्सान आसानी से धोखा खा जाता है (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Khari Boli, India, Nepal, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kiribati | aouaki (fooled). Additional references: Kiribati, Kiribati, Fiji, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kisuaheli | zuzuka (confused, deceived, fooled). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kiswahili | zuzuka (confused, deceived, fooled). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Oleronnais | oyut (had, been, fooled, obtained). Additional references: Oleronnais, France, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | به سادگی اجازه فريفته شدن از جانب آنچه که به آن عشق می ورزيم را می دهيم (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | به سادگی اجازه فريفته شدن از جانب آنچه که به آن عشق می ورزيم را می دهيم (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | به سادگی اجازه فريفته شدن از جانب آنچه که به آن عشق می ورزيم را می دهيم (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | enganado (deceived, deceived one, done, hoodwinked, mistaken). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | lurad (fooled, deceived, done), uppskojat (fooled), uppskojad (fooled), lurat (cheated, deceived, fooled), kuggat (fooled). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sardinian | nos faghimus trampare de prus dae su chi istimamus (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Sardinian, Italy, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Scots Gaelic | begunkit (cheated, deceived, fooled, jilted). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shkip | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqip | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqiperë | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | คนเรามักจะถูกหลอกโดยสิ่งที่ตนรัก (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | man bliver let narret af det man elsker (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Skchip | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | enga ado (fooled), engañado (deceived, deluded, mystified, beguiled, dupe), somos fácilmente engañados por aquello que amamos (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | คนเรามักจะถูกหลอกโดยสิ่งที่ตนรัก (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | ihmistä voi helposti pettää se mitä hän rakastaa (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | ihmistä voi helposti pettää se mitä hän rakastaa (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | lurad (fooled, deceived, done), uppskojat (fooled), uppskojad (fooled), lurat (cheated, deceived, fooled), kuggat (fooled). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swahili | zuzuka (confused, deceived, fooled). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | lurad (fooled, deceived, done), uppskojat (fooled), uppskojad (fooled), lurat (cheated, deceived, fooled), kuggat (fooled). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | คนเรามักจะถูกหลอกโดยสิ่งที่ตนรัก (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | คนเรามักจะถูกหลอกโดยสิ่งที่ตนรัก (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tosk | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | kanmak (be deceived, deceive, swallow, to be contented, to be fooled), kandırılmak (be deceived, be taken in, to be cheated, to be deceived, to be duped), bir şeye kapılmak (get into fooled in doing), şeytana kapılmak (get into fooled in doing). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Vascuense | erraz tronpatzen gaitu maite dugunak (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Vascuense, Spain, fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zhgabe | mashtrohemi lehtë nga ajo që duam (one is easily fooled by that which one loves). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), fooled. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “fooled” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | ooledfay (fooled). Additional references: Pig Latin, fooled. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran A | opgenart (cheated, fooled), tshig gis brid (deceived by words, fooled, talk), tshal gis brid (deceived by words, fooled, talk). Additional references: Terran A, fooled. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | eugakad (fooled). Additional references: Terran B, fooled. (volunteer) | |||
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