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]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I know that that's what you psychiatrists think! But I swear to God that there's nothing to it in my case! You know my mother wouldn't stand for any of that kind of nonsense! I can just hear her now... "What are you doing Roy?" "What are you doing?!" You handled that well! That's the psychiatrist! (..)
    2006 TvShow: The IT Crowd Title: Aunt Irma Visits Season: 1 Episode 6