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nonsense
noun as in foolish or absurd ideas, behavior, etc.
Strongest matches
absurdity, babble, baloney, bunk, craziness, drivel, folly, foolishness, gibberish, madness, rubbish, silliness, stupidity, trash
Strong matches
balderdash, bull, claptrap, fatuity, flightiness, fun, garbage, hogwash, hooey, inanity, irrationality, jazz, jive, palaver, poppycock, prattle, ranting, rashness, rot, senselessness, tripe
Weak matches
Example Sentences
"The idea that you can be good at reading people is absolute nonsense, and it's just like astrology or anything else," he said before heading into the castle.
His surrealist reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Victorian children’s novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” distorts the nonsense and whimsy: melting clocks and anxious White Rabbits, sinister playing cards and caterpillars on mushrooms.
This is dangerous nonsense rooted in fear of African spirituality, said Britton.
"To us that always meant no nonsense, no hidden fees and no confusing terminology so that we can give students more time to focus on what really matters - their studies."
Labour Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens called reports of a rift between UK and Welsh Labour "nonsense".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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