rigmarole

Speech parts

1. rigmarole - Noun

2. rigmarole - Adjective

Meaning

A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.

Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rigamarole bosh hocus-pocus performance bull jabberwocky humbug babble shebang trouble garbage nonsense trash jargon rubbish
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Antonyms

glee hush entertainment fun happiness leisure
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Hypernyms

process procedure nonsense bunk hokum meaninglessness

Phrases with the word

childlike rigmarole

Examples

I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage. Johnny Vegas

I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me. Isadora Duncan

all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Rigil Kent Rigler riglet rigmarolery rigmarolic rigmarolish