Synonyms of the word frivolity


FRIVOLITYBAGATELLE - BUFFOONERY - CLOWNING - CRAZINESS - FLUFF - FOLLY - FOOLERY - FRIPPERY - FRIVOLOUSNESS - HARLEQUINADE - INDULGENCE - JAPERY - LUNACY - PRANK - TOMFOOLERY - TRAIT - TRIFLE - TRIVIA - TRIVIALITY

frivolity

  • n. frivolous act.
  • n. state of being frivolous.

bagatelle

  • n. A trifle; an unsubstantial thing.
  • n. A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
  • n. A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
  • n. Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets…

buffoonery

  • n. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.

clowning

  • v. present participle of clown.
  • n. Clownish behaviour.

craziness

  • n. (uncountable) The state of being crazy; madness; derangement.
  • n. (archaic, uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened.
  • n. (countable) The result or product of being crazy.

fluff

  • n. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  • n. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
  • n. Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
  • n. (New England) Marshmallow creme.
  • n. (LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
  • n. (Australia, euphemistic) A fart.
  • v. (transitive) To make something fluffy.
  • v. (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
  • v. (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines.
  • v. (transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
  • v. (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

folly

  • n. Foolishness.
  • n. Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
  • n. A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

foolery

  • n. Foolish behaviour or speech.

frippery

  • n. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  • n. Useless things; trifles.
  • n. (obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
  • n. (obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
  • n. (obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
  • n. Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

frivolousness

  • n. (uncountable) The quality of being frivolous; frivolity.
  • n. (countable) The result of being frivolous.

harlequinade

  • n. A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
  • n. Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.

indulgence

  • n. the act of indulging.
  • n. tolerance.
  • n. catering to someone's every desire.
  • n. something in which someone indulges.
  • n. An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner…
  • v. (transitive) (Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence.

japery

  • n. Jesting, joking.

lunacy

  • n. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity.
  • n. Something deeply misguided.

prank

  • n. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
  • n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
  • v. (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
  • v. (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
  • v. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.

tomfoolery

  • n. Foolish behaviour or speech.
  • n. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.

trait

  • n. an identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
  • n. (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a…

trifle

  • n. An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
  • n. An insignificant amount.
  • n. Anything that is of little importance or worth.
  • n. A particular kind of pewter.
  • n. (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
  • v. (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
  • v. (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
  • v. (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
  • v. (transitive) To squander or waste.

trivia

  • n. insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
  • n. A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
  • n. plural of trivium.

triviality

  • n. The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
  • n. Something which is trivial or unimportant.

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