fool

Another one is fear of making a fool of oneself and looking stupid.

What they found was that most people preferred to work with the lovable fool rather than the competent jerk.

You have to risk it, and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.

This might not fool a knowledgeable whiskey drinker, but how many of those desperate for Pappy are knowledgeable whiskey drinkers?

My exact words were to allow ‘any fool in the world with Internet access’ to freely modify any page on the site.

And also probably because this fool stopped at a red light in the middle of an intersection.

The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.

Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.

I am not fool enough to put my precious Naps in jeopardy, just when I am so deucedly in want of them, too.

David thought the farmer a fool, and rode on, admiring the blue sky uncheckered by a single cloud.

The crest-fallen astronomer plodded on his weary way, another example of a fool and his money soon parted.