Definitions for fatuous

fatuous fat·u·ous

Spelling: [fach-oo-uh s]
IPA: /ˈfætʃ u əs/

Fatuous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in fatuous (afostuu).

Definitions for fatuous

adjective

  1. foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
  2. unreal; illusory.

Origin of fatuous

1625-35; Latin fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic; see -ous

Examples for fatuous

"They obliterated it with some fatuous piece of commentary about something else," Gough told the Guardian.

I also won't repeat, or defend him against, all the fatuous charges leveled against him.

She said ‘Yes’ to him only for the sake of that fatuous, swindling father of hers.

It is fatuous to develop one division at the expense of the other.

During one break in the filming, he was a fatuous British director, “exploring the essence of what we call cinema!”

And “alkalinizing” someone in an attempt to improve their health is simple-minded, fatuous, and dangerous.

Any argument about their constitutional rights is fatuous; you give up certain rights in exchange for a journalistic soapbox.

None but she would have been guilty of the fatuous vulgarity of "Italian nobility."

Instead of fatuous felicity, their faces suggested disappointment.

“You sure will,” agreed Toby, with one of his fatuous grins.

Word Value for fatuous
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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