Gormlessness
Gormlessness noun - The quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind.
Usage example: the backbencher professed himself horrified by the gormlessness and naïveté of the prime minister
Madness and gormlessness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Madness" instead a noun "Gormlessness".
Madness
Madness noun - Lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: to do something so reckless would be sheer madness
Gormlessness and madness are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Gormlessness" instead a noun "Madness".
Nearby Word: mad
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- folly and gormlessness
- folly and madness
- inanity and gormlessness
- inanity and madness
- absurdity and gormlessness
- absurdity and madness
- lunacy and gormlessness
- lunacy and madness
- craziness and gormlessness
- craziness and madness
- foolishness and gormlessness
- foolishness and madness
- silliness and gormlessness
- silliness and madness
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