nonsense (English, noun)
Pronunciation: tags: Received-Pronunciation
ipa: /ˈnɒn.səns/
tags: Canada
General-American
ipa: /ˈnɑn.sɛns/
rhymes: -ɒnsɛns
rhymes: -ɒnsəns
Etymology: From non- (“no, none, lack of”) + sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”).
Definitions: examples: text: After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.
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glosses: Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
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examples: text: While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god.
ref: 2022 April 13, “Man Gets Arrested Twice in One Day”, in Code Blue Cam:
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glosses: An untrue statement.
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glosses: That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
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examples: text: and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
ref: 2008 October 9, “Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse”, in Telegraph.co.uk:
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glosses: Something foolish.
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topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
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topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
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Forms: form: nonsenses
tags: plural
form: nonsence
tags: alternative
form: non-sense
tags: alternative
Synonyms: sense: untrue statement
word: falsehood
sense: untrue statement
word: lie
sense: untrue statement
word: untruth
sense: untrue statement
word: absurdity
sense: untrue statement
word: rubbish
sense: untrue statement
word: tosh
sense: that which is silly, illogical
word: absurdity
sense: that which is silly, illogical
word: silliness
sense: that which is silly, illogical
word: contradiction
sense: that which is silly, illogical
word: stupidity
sense: that which is silly, illogical
word: unreasoning
word: all my eye
word: all my eye and Betty Martin
word: applesauce
tags: US
dated
slang
word: bafflegab
word: balderdash
word: balls
tags: UK
vulgar
word: baloney
tags: Australia
US
word: banana oil
tags: dated
word: Bandini
word: baragouin
word: batcrap
word: batshit
word: bilgewater
word: blah
word: blather
word: blatherskite
word: bobbins
tags: UK
word: bollocks
tags: UK
vulgar
word: bosh
word: BS
word: bull
word: bullcrap
tags: vulgar
word: bulldust
word: bullshit
tags: vulgar
word: bullspeak
word: bunk
word: bunkum
word: bushwah
word: clamjamfrey
word: claptrap
word: cobblers
tags: UK
word: codswallop
word: crap
tags: vulgar
word: crock
tags: vulgar
word: crock of shit
tags: vulgar
word: double Dutch
word: double talk
word: doublespeak
word: drivel
word: eyewash
word: fiddle-faddle
word: flapdoodle
word: flim-flam
word: flizz
tags: Multicultural-London-English
word: flummery
word: folderol
word: foolishness
word: footle
word: framis
word: fuckery
tags: Jamaica
Multicultural-London-English
vulgar
word: fuckry
tags: Jamaica
Multicultural-London-English
vulgar
word: fudge
tags: dated
word: galimatias
word: garbage
tags: US
word: garble
word: gibber
word: gibberish
word: gobbledygook
word: gossip
word: Greek
word: guff
word: gup
tags: India
word: hoax
word: hocus-pocus
word: hogwash
word: hokum
word: hooey
tags: US
word: horsefeathers
word: horse hockey
tags: Canadian
word: horse piss
tags: US
vulgar
word: horse puckey
word: horseshit
tags: US
vulgar
word: humbug
word: Irish bull
word: jabber
word: jargon
word: jibber-jabber
word: jimjam
word: jive
word: junk
word: lallation
word: macaroni
tags: Australian
word: malarkey
tags: Ireland
UK
US
word: manure
word: meaninglessness
word: moonshine
word: mumbo jumbo
word: nertz
tags: US
word: nonsense
word: pie in the sky
word: piffle
word: pigswill
word: poppycock
word: prattle
word: put-on
word: rhubarb
tags: UK
word: rhubarb rhubarb
tags: UK
word: rigmarole
word: rot
word: ruse
word: santorum
word: shit
tags: vulgar
word: shite
tags: UK
vulgar
word: skimble-skamble
word: squit
tags: UK
dialectal
word: stuff
tags: obsolete
word: stuff and nonsense
word: tommy-rot
tags: UK
word: tush
tags: UK
word: trash
tags: US
word: tripe
tags: UK
word: twaddle
word: wass
tags: Multicultural-London-English
word: whiff-whaff
tags: UK
obsolete
word: word salad
Antonyms: word: nonnonsense
word: plain English
word: sense
Hypernyms: word: statement
Hyponyms: word: amphigory
Derived terms: abstract nonsense
diagnonsense
non-nonsense
no-nonsense
nonsense-mediated decay
nonsense mutation
nonsense syndrome
nonsense word
nonsensical
nonsensification
nonsensify
QAnonsense
stuff and nonsense
what nonsense
Related terms: word: code
word: fustian
word: malaprop
word: malapropism
word: patter
word: absurd
word: chatter
word: foolish
word: false
word: utter
word: sheer
word: complete
word: absolute
word: pure
word: downright
word: perfect
word: silly
word: stupid
word: superstitious
word: romantic
word: childish
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 497. Absurdity
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 517. Unmeaningness