NONSENSE


Meaning of NONSENSE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

arrant nonsense!

What arrant nonsense!

stands no nonsense

She’s a strong woman who stands no nonsense from anyone.

utter nonsense

That’s utter nonsense !

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

absolute

That's absolute nonsense , James.

Statement E: Racism as rational self interest I think that's absolute nonsense .

The Commission's proposals on beef are absolute nonsense .

talking

But he could also be dismayed if Christians were heard by pagans to be talking nonsense about nature.

But it does not deny that they mean what they say, does not suggest that they are talking nonsense .

Mr. Moynihan I think that is it is the hon. Gentleman who is talking nonsense on this occasion.

If some one believed that tables were better than chairs, we would think they were talking nonsense .

Anyway talking of nonsense you should've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey.

utter

Time-travellers? Utter nonsense , surely?

Still, he posed several questions that he said proved the plaintiffs' case was utter nonsense .

■ NOUN

word

Construct the nonsense words to fit what you know to be the specific difficulties of the pupils.

Collecting nonsense words is an interesting pastime.

What's it all about? 1 Write down all the nonsense words in the poem.

■ VERB

believe

I believe that it is nonsense that we should give such asylum seekers any form of accommodation.

dismiss

When Airtours had announced its full-year results in December, chairman David Crossland had dismissed the idea as nonsense .

That idea, once dismissed as nonsense , keeps gaining momentum.

They saved the scheme from being dismissed as nonsense .

Institute officials dismiss the suit as nonsense .

He dismissed the thought as nonsense .

make

Actions in nuisance, if successful, would make a nonsense of the whole scheme.

One could dissolve and still exist ... I hovered on the edge of consciousness, semi-asleep, making nonsense .

However, this makes nonsense of the notion of having word units stored at this level.

They omitted from their calculations two factors which were to make a nonsense of their plans.

Besides, the advent of a National Lottery next year could make a nonsense of the strategy's premises about funding.

It is just electricity that makes a nonsense of natural design.

A voice which ordered the clocks back, which made a nonsense of time.

stand

She's a fine nurse, but stands no nonsense from anyone.

It stands for nonsense that is called by fancier names.

That logical mind of yours isn't going to stand any nonsense , is it?

It also said that she was to stand no nonsense from Sheik Hasseinen's messenger.

He too was kind but stood no nonsense and had no problems with discipline.

This caning had its effect for the whole class knew that Miss Smith would stand no nonsense and it stamped her authority.

stop

The legal position is clear, so can we please stop this nonsense ?

Poltoo, kindly stop this nonsense Straightaway!

Polly reached up and took his hand. ` Jack. Stop this nonsense .

Could you please stop this nonsense ?

talk

Quinn realized that he was talking nonsense .

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Ken also played a man selling luminous leprechauns and a newspaper seller talking inconsequential nonsense to the proprietor of a coffee stall.

How dare you talk such nonsense !

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

patent lie/nonsense/impossibility etc

talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Don't talk rubbish, girl!

He had already tried to talk sense into Jotan, and had got nowhere.

It was easy to laugh in that snug house, talk nonsense half the night, drink.

People who talk about authentic costume are talking rubbish.

Quinn realized that he was talking nonsense.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Busch dismissed the accusations as nonsense .

Dr. Seuss's nonsense words have delighted millions of children.

He described her comments as confused nonsense .

I don't intend to waste any more time listening to you talk nonsense .

No one should have to put up with that kind of nonsense .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Carry over the assumptions of philosophical positivism and the basic notions of revelation will become nonsense .

Collecting nonsense words is an interesting pastime.

In this context their role is not negative, even though you get a bag of nonsense with that good service.

It was easy to laugh in that snug house, talk nonsense half the night, drink.

She cleared her head of Rory, all that nonsense .

There is a great deal of nonsense spoken about Homoeopathy that stems from this basic misconception.

This remarkable piece of nonsense came, of course, straight out of her reactive mind.

Which, basically, is nonsense .

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