nonsense

Definition

  • noun: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue
  • noun: words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: silliness, absurdity, folly

Examples

  • The stories she told about him are sheer/utter/complete/absolute 'nonsense'. [=the stories are completely false]

  • I understood so few of the words they were using that the conversation sounded like 'nonsense' to me.

  • He says he was attacked by a frog? 'Nonsense'. [=I do not believe that he was attacked by a frog]

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