English words for 'nonsense; foolishness.'
Closest matches for "nonsense; foolishness." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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noun
verb
noun
- nonsense; foolish talk
- an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- (countable) A low stool.
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
- (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, slang, countable) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
verb
- release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
- soil with or as with crock
- (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
- To break something or injure someone.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
noun
adj
adj
- ludicrous, foolish
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
noun
adv
noun
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
adj
verb
intj
verb
- cause to appear foolish
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- (transitive) To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
adj
- foolish; totally unsound
- affected with madness or insanity
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- bizarre or fantastic
- possessed by inordinate excitement
- Very excited or enthusiastic.
- Out of control.
- Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
- (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
noun
adv
adj
- foolish; totally unsound
- insufficiently cooked
- Of a person, foolish or having no common sense.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven, either as an accidental outcome or as a work in process.
- Of an idea or scheme, not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or poorly thought-out.
- (informal, figurative) Mildly under the influence (of alcohol).
adj
noun
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- A screwball comedy.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
- (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
adj
- very foolish
- afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
- (informal) Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.
- (slang) Extremely good; incredibly amazing.
- Causing insanity or madness.
- (informal) Enraged; furious.
- Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
- Used by or relating to insane people.
adj
- very foolish
- affected with madness or insanity
- marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
- roused to anger
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Bizarre; incredible.
- Wildly confused or excited.
- (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.
- (colloquial, usually with for or about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
- (slang, chiefly New York, African-American Vernacular) Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
- Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- (chiefly US, informal, in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.
- (chiefly in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
- (chiefly British) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
- (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
adv
verb
adj
- Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
- Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
- Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
- unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
- uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
- uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
noun
noun
- Stupidity.
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
- (mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
- the amount per unit size
- the spatial property of being crowded together
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (slang) Nonsense.
- (countable) A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.
- (uncountable) A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
- coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
- the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
- grated horseradish root
adj
noun
noun
- Nonsense.
- (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
- (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
- (slang) To ejaculate.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
- (slang) To complicate.
- To play (jazz music).
- play something in the style of jazz
- have sexual intercourse with
noun
noun
verb
noun
- nonsense; foolish talk
- an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- (countable) A low stool.
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
- (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, slang, countable) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
verb
- release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
- soil with or as with crock
- (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
- To break something or injure someone.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
noun
noun
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
adj
verb
intj
noun
- Stupidity.
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
- (mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
- the amount per unit size
- the spatial property of being crowded together
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (slang) Nonsense.
- (countable) A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.
- (uncountable) A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
- coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
- the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
- grated horseradish root
noun
- Nonsense.
- (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
- (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
- (slang) To ejaculate.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
- (slang) To complicate.
- To play (jazz music).
- play something in the style of jazz
- have sexual intercourse with
verb
- cause to appear foolish
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- (transitive) To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
noun
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
adj
verb
intj
adj
adj
- ludicrous, foolish
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
noun
adv
adj
- foolish; totally unsound
- affected with madness or insanity
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- bizarre or fantastic
- possessed by inordinate excitement
- Very excited or enthusiastic.
- Out of control.
- Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
- (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
noun
adv
adj
- foolish; totally unsound
- insufficiently cooked
- Of a person, foolish or having no common sense.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven, either as an accidental outcome or as a work in process.
- Of an idea or scheme, not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or poorly thought-out.
- (informal, figurative) Mildly under the influence (of alcohol).
adj
noun
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- A screwball comedy.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
- (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
adj
- very foolish
- afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
- (informal) Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.
- (slang) Extremely good; incredibly amazing.
- Causing insanity or madness.
- (informal) Enraged; furious.
- Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
- Used by or relating to insane people.
adj
- very foolish
- affected with madness or insanity
- marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
- roused to anger
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Bizarre; incredible.
- Wildly confused or excited.
- (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.
- (colloquial, usually with for or about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
- (slang, chiefly New York, African-American Vernacular) Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
- Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- (chiefly US, informal, in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.
- (chiefly in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
- (chiefly British) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
- (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
adv
verb
adj
- Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
- Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
- Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
- unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
- uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
- uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
noun
noun
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning