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1. (n.) nonsense
words without sense or conveying absurd ideas.
2. nonsense
conduct or action that is senseless or absurd.
3. nonsense
something that makes no sense.
4. nonsense
impudent, insubordinate, or otherwise objectionable behavior:
Don't take any nonsense from him.
5. nonsense
anything trifling or of little or no use.
6. nonsense
a DNA sequence that does not code for an amino acid and is not transcribed
Etymology: (1605–15)
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| Definition of 'nonsense' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
a message that seems to convey no meaning
2. (adj) folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery
ornamental objects of no great value
3. (adj) nonsense(a), nonsensical
having no intelligible meaning
"nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
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1. (noun) nonsense
talk that is silly and untrue
Whatever he told you is obviously nonsense.; Don't talk such nonsense!
2. nonsense
talk nonsense
silly or unreasonable behavior
3. nonsense
not stand for any nonsense
to not allow any nonsense
a woman who will not stand for any nonsense from anyone
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| Definition of 'nonsense' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nonsense
that which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity
2. (noun) nonsense
trifles; things of no importance
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Sense: foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous
He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!
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 Afrikaans: onsin |
 Arabic: هُراء |
 Bulgarian: глупост |
 Brazilian: disparate |
 Czech: nesmysl |
 German: der Unsinn |
 Danish: vrøvl |
 Greek: ανοησίες, ασυναρτησίες |
 Spanish: tontería, disparate, boba |
 Estonian: mõttetus |
 Farsi: مزخرف |
 Finnish: hölynpöly |
 French: absurdité(s) |
 Hebrew: שְׁטוּיוֹת |
 Hindi: निरर्थक बातें, अनाप-शनाप, |
 Croatian: besmisao, glupost |
 Hungarian: ostobaság |
 Indonesian: omong kosong |
 Icelandic: bull, vitleysa |
 Italian: nonsenso, assurdità |
 Japanese: ばかげたこと |
 Korean: 허튼 소리 |
 Lithuanian: nesąmonė |
 Latvian: muļķības, blēņas |
 Malay: kata-kata yang tidak berm |
 Dutch: onzin |
 Norwegian: sludder, vås, pjatt |
 Polish: niedorzeczność |
 Persian: مزخرف |
 Pashto: چټياټ |
 Portuguese: disparate |
 Romanian: absurditate, nonsens |
 Russian: вздор, ерунда |
 Slovak: nezmysel |
 Slovenian: nesmisel |
 Serbian: besmislica |
 Swedish: nonsens |
 Thai: การพูดสิ่งไร้สาระ |
 Turkish: saçma, mantıksız |
 Taiwanese: 廢話，胡說八道 |
 Ukrainian: дурниця, нісенітниця |
 Urdu: بکواس، لغويات |
 Vietnamese: điều vô lý |
 Chinese: 废话，胡说 |
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