nonsensical

Speech parts

1. nonsensical - Adjective

2. nonsensical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

absurd nonsense ridiculous preposterous ludicrous idiotic laughable derisory cockeyed daft fantastic mad loony half-baked wild
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Antonyms

kohl hakim provident prudential down-to-earth hakeem
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Related terms

nonsense senseless nonsensible sensical

Phrases with the word

less nonsensical nonsensical talk nonsensical language nonsensical verse nonsensical nonsense

Examples

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past. Anne Rice

There's nothing nonsensical about saying that what would evolve if Darwinian selection has its head is something that you don't want to happen. And I could easily imagine trying to go against Darwinism. Richard Dawkins

All the cold-reading clairvoyants and the nonsensical astrologers and absurd ESP merchants and other such people who talk about vibrations and energies.... God, if there's a word that drives me mad it's "energy” used in a nonsensical way-don't get me started! Stephen Fry

I've never noticed that being nonsensical keeps things from happening. Don't you ever read about politics? Murray Leinster

Only get rid altogether of your nonsensical trash about the beautiful, which I nor anybody else, nor yourself to boot, could ever understand,-only free yourself of that, and your success in life is as sure as daylight. Nathaniel Hawthorne

I'm dead serious about being nonsensical. Edward Ruscha

Close letter words and terms

nonsensibility nonsensible nonsensic nonsensicality nonsensically nonsensicalness