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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
I am, personally, sceptical of the idea of politics being a horse race - I've read too many confident predictions about the state of it that proved to be a nonsense.
Red state politicians won’t sign off because Republican candidates benefit from the current nonsense.
Lawrence professes to be above all this nonsense.
The Spanish airline industry watchdog, ALA, plans a further appeal and has called the ministry's decision "nonsense", arguing the fine infringes EU free market rules.
“We tried this Bob Dylan-y thing, like …” she rattles off a rapid-fire nonsense representation of “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” “then we went through something more funky, more ironic, kind of Talking Heads,” she says, laughing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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