nonsense (ˈnɒnsəns
)
Definitions
noun
- something that has or makes no sense; unintelligible language; drivel
- conduct or action that is absurd
- foolish or evasive behaviour or manners ⇒
she'll stand no nonsense
- See no-nonsense
- things of little or no value or importance; trash
exclamation
- an exclamation of disagreement
Alternative Forms
nonsensical (nɒnˈsɛnsɪkəll) adjective nonˈsensically adverb nonˈsensicalness nonˌsensiˈcality noun Synonyms
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rubbish,
hot air,
waffle,
twaddle,
balls,
bull,
shit,
pants,
rot,
crap,
garbage,
trash,
bunk,
bullshit,
tosh,
bollocks,
rhubarb,
pap,
cobblers,
foolishness,
bilge,
drivel,
tripe,
gibberish,
guff,
bombast,
moonshine,
claptrap,
hogwash,
hokum,
blather,
double Dutch,
piffle,
poppycock,
balderdash,
bosh,
eyewash,
stuff and nonsense
tommyrot,
horsefeathers bunkum or buncombe
bizzo,
bull's wool,
Translations
- British English:
nonsense
If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly....all that poetic nonsense about love.ˈnɒnsəns NOUN ...all that poetic nonsense about love.
- Spanish:
tonterías
npl
- French:
balivernes
nf_pl
- German:
Unsinn
nm
- Chinese: 胡说 n
- Arabic: هِرَاءٌ n
- Portuguese: absurdo nm
- Russian: вздор nm
- Croatian: besmislica nf
- Czech: nesmysl nm
- Danish: sludder nnt
- Dutch: onzin nm
- Finnish: hölynpöly n
- Greek: ανοησία nf
- Italian: stupidaggine nf
- Japanese: ナンセンス n
- Korean: 허튼 소리 n
- Norwegian: tull nnt
- Polish: absurd nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: absurdo nm
- European Spanish:
tonterías
npl
- Swedish: nonsens nnt
- Thai: เรื่องไร้สาระ n
- Turkish: saçma n
- Vietnamese: chuyện vô lý n
Usage examples
Don't come into my house and start shouting a lot of nonsense about intolerable pressure and playing games.
, READY? (2001)At rugby games, he said, you get none of this unsporting nonsense , none of this gleeful malice.
Spiked (2003)On Sept. 8, Dick Cheney cited the Times's aluminum tubes nonsense on Meet the Press to buttress his casus belli.
Globe and Mail (2003)There's not much plot to speak of, which is good because it's nonsense , anyway.
Glasgow Herald (2001)That's what really seems to make a nonsense of the whole thing.
, THE PAINTER (2003)