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
Preposterousness and gormlessness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preposterousness" instead a noun "Gormlessness".
Preposterousness
Preposterousness noun - Lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: laughed at the sheer preposterousness of the idea
Gormlessness and preposterousness are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Gormlessness" instead a noun "Preposterousness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- madness and gormlessness
- madness and preposterousness
- folly and gormlessness
- folly and preposterousness
- inanity and gormlessness
- inanity and preposterousness
- absurdity and gormlessness
- absurdity and preposterousness
- lunacy and gormlessness
- lunacy and preposterousness
- craziness and gormlessness
- craziness and preposterousness
- foolishness and gormlessness
- foolishness and preposterousness
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