Meaning of NONSENSICAL
| Pronunciation: | | nâns'ensikul
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- [adj] having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
- [adj] completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
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| | Synonyms: | | absurd, derisory, foolish, laughable, ludicrous, meaningless, nonsense(a), preposterous, ridiculous |
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| | Definition: | | \Non*sen"si*cal\, a.
Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational;
preposterous. -- {Non*sen"si*cal*ly}, adv. --
{Non*sen"si*cal*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | absurd, asinine, askew, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, crazy, dumb, extravagant, fantastic, fool, foolish, grotesque, high-flown, idiotic, imbecilic, incredible, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, mad, meaningless, monstrous, moronic, nutty, outrageous, outre, Pickwickian, poppycockish, preposterous, ridiculous, rubbishy, screwball, screwy, senseless, silly, skimble-skamble, stupid, trashy, twaddling, twaddly, warped, weird, wild |
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