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  • past participle of fool.
  • past tense form of fool.
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fooled

ADJECTIVE
tricked
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
clear cognizant unfooled untricked


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What to know: Don’t be fooled by the title of this drama, co-produced by Britain’s Sky Television—you’re not going to get guns and bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

As George W. Bush famously said, “Fool me once, shame on me; fool me twice … won’t get fooled again.”

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

This stuff has been designed intentionally to mimic human beings, and we are very, very easily fooled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Eliza’s creator aimed to fool people into seeing a machine as humanlike then show them how they’d been fooled.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Daniel laughed and told them, ‘Don’t be fooled!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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