Foolish
Foolish adjective - Conceived or made without regard for reason or reality.
Usage example: foolish attempts to construct a perpetual motion machine
Wild is a synonym for foolish in unreasonable topic. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead an adjective "Foolish".
Wild
Wild adjective - Conceived or made without regard for reason or reality.
Usage example: some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens
Foolish is a synonym for wild in disorderly topic. Sometimes you can use "Foolish" instead an adjective "Wild", if it concerns topics such as unreasonable, madcap.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The demons and wild beasts would torment and attack any ships that passed or anyone that was foolish enough to wander onto the island.
Source: Island of Mystery -
She's treated a lot more gently than her rival, who was foolish enough to send her army and (plus the more skilled members of her bodyguard) off on a wild goose chase to other parts of the kingdom.
Source: Appeal to Force -
The Seleighe version hunts evil men whom mortal laws cannot touch, and the Unselieghe version hunts anyone foolish enough to be out during a Wild Hunt, but especially the innocent.
Source: The Wild Hunt
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