nonsense

nonsense
1. n часто как восклицание вздор, ерунда, чепуха; бессмыслица, абсурд; пустяки

nonsense! — вздор!, пустяки!

a piece of nonsense — вздорная мысль, нелепость

to talk nonsense — говорить чепуху, городить вздор, нести чушь

his theory is a piece of nonsense — его теория — чистейший абсурд

unadulterated nonsense — чистейший вздор

rank nonsense — явная чепуха; сущий вздор

stuff and nonsense! — чушь!, вздор!, ерунда!

pure nonsense — абсолютная чепуха; чистый вздор

none of your damned nonsense! — не болтайте ерунду!

2. n сумасбродство; глупое поведение; бессмысленные поступки

that will take the nonsense out of him! — это его отрезвит !

nonsense mutant — бессмысленный мутант

3. n биол. генетический абсурд
Синонимический ряд:
1. babble (noun) babble; blather; blatherskite; double-talk; drivel; gabble; gibberish; Greek; jabber; jabberwocky; prattle; skimble-skamble; twaddle
2. balderdash (noun) balderdash; blague; blah; bosh; bunk; bunkum; bushwa; claptrap; drool; eyewash; fiddle-faddle; fiddlesticks; flapdoodle; flimflam; flummadiddle; fudge; gook; guff; hogwash; hokum; hooey; hot air; humbug; jazz; malarkey; meshuggaas
3. extravagance (noun) extravagance; imprudence
4. inanity (noun) applesauce; baloney; inanity; rubbish; scrawl; scribble
5. irrationality (noun) irrationality; madness; senselessness; stupidity
6. jest (noun) fun; jest; joke
7. stuff (noun) bilge; idiocy; piffle; poppycock; rigmarole; stuff; tomfoolery; trash
8. unsteadiness (noun) absurdity; fatuousness; fickleness; flightiness; folly; foolishness; giddiness; infatuation; rashness; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness
Антонимический ряд:
certainty; clarity; common sense; evidence; exactitude; exactness; fact; gravity; import; intelligibility; lucidity; philosophy; reality; wisdom

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  • NONSENSE — « A piece of nonsense », c’est en anglais courant une bêtise, une absurdité: un «non sens» bien sûr; et pourtant, le terme anglais a une richesse spécifique. Anglais d’abord parce que la langue anglaise en est le lieu sonore d’élection; ainsi les …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Nonsense — es una figura literaria que puede ser en verso o en prosa, que busca generar, juegos de palabras que trasgreden las formas comunes de la sintaxis y la semántica, juegos que resultan extraños, comúnmente humorísticos y absurdos. Literalmente… …   Wikipedia Español

  • nonsense — nonsense, twaddle, drivel, bunk, balderdash, poppycock, gobbledygook, trash, rot, bull are comparable when they mean something said or proposed which is senseless or absurd. Nonsense is the most general of these terms; it may be referred to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • nonsense — Uses of nonsense as a countable noun (i.e. preceded by a or in the plural) have become common in current use, especially in BrE: • I knew you d make a nonsense of it so I told Wallis to be ready to take over L. Cooper, 1960 • I could only pray… …   Modern English usage

  • Nonsense — Non sense, n. [Pref. non + sense: cf. F. nonsens.] 1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity. [1913 Webster] 2. Trifles; things of no importance. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nonsense — index jargon (unintelligible language), platitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • nonsense — / nɑnsəns/, it. / nɔnsens/ s. e agg. ingl. [propr. sciocchezza , comp. di non non e sense senso ], usato in ital. come s.m. e agg., invar. ■ s.m. [cosa insensata, assurda e sim.: quello che dici è un n. ] ▶◀ assurdità, insensatezza, nonsenso.… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • nonsense — (n.) 1610s, from NON (Cf. non ) + SENSE (Cf. sense); perhaps influenced by Fr. nonsens …   Etymology dictionary

  • nonsense — |nònsénce| s. m. Aquilo que é contrário à razão ou ao bom senso. = ABSURDO   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • nonsense — [n] craziness, ridiculousness absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bananas*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, claptrap*, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, imprudence, inanity,… …   New thesaurus

  • nonsense — ► NOUN 1) words that make no sense. 2) foolish or unacceptable behaviour. 3) an absurd or unthinkable scheme, situation, etc. DERIVATIVES nonsensical adjective nonsensically adverb …   English terms dictionary


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