nonsense
//ˈnɒn.səns//
Forms
- Plural
- nonsenses
- Comparative
- more nonsense
- Superlative
- most nonsense
- present (v1)
- nonsense
- past (v2)
- nonsensed
- past participle (v3)
- nonsensed
- present participle
- nonsensing
- 3rd person singular
- nonsenses
Definitions
1.Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.
2.An untrue statement.
- While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god.
3.That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
4.Something foolish.
1.To joke around, to waste time
- When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one.
2.To make nonsense of;
3.To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
- He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.
- "They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."
- Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing'. Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood.
1.Nonsensical.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4409
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
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Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-