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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
Like Orwellian newspeak, they instill nonsense like pregnant men and an existential climate apocalypse until even Bill Gates calls bull hockey.
No nonsense, a tap of the power switch.
He said any suggestion having a DNA test carried out would have ceased their stalking was "a nonsense".
That night, he “got up to all sorts of nonsense” that landed him back home in the wee hours.
At rallies, she has highlighted her background as a former Central Intelligence Agency officer and a centrist, swearing off “political nonsense” in Washington.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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