Definition of nonsense

"nonsense" in the noun sense

1. nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum

a message that seems to convey no meaning

2. folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery

ornamental objects of no great value

"nonsense" in the adjective sense

1. nonsense, nonsensical

having no intelligible meaning

"nonsense syllables"

"a nonsensical jumble of words"

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Quotations for nonsense

A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the best of men. [ Anon ]

Platonic love is platonic nonsense. [ Richardson ]

Nonsense and noise will oft prevail,
When honor and affection fail. [ Lloyd ]

Its pomp, its pleasures, and its nonsense all. [ Thomson ]

For daring nonsense seldom fails to hit,
Like scattered shot, and pass with some for wit. [ Butler ]

When one runs after wit, he is sure to catch nonsense. [ Montesquieu ]

The more sparingly we make use of nonsense, the better. [ Coleridge ]

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. [ Anonymous ]

He speaks one word nonsense, and two that have nothing in them. [ Proverb ]

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. [ William Shakespeare ]

We consecrate a great deal of nonsense, because it was allowed by great men. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Happy is the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it. [ Hare ]

Women are charged with a fondness for nonsense and frivolity. Did not Talleyrand say, I find nonsense singularly refreshing? [ Alfred de Musset ]

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. [ Beaconsfield ]

There are greater depths and obscurities, greater intricacies and perplexities, in an elaborate and well-written piece of nonsense, than in the most abstruse and profound tract of school divinity. [ Addison ]

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more conformable to our own natures: fools love folly, and wise men wisdom. [ Marguerite de Valois ]

Hudibras has defined nonsense, as Cowley does wit, by negatives. Nonsense, he says, is that which is neither true nor false. These two great properties of nonsense, which are always essential to it, give it such a peculiar advantage over all other writings, that it is incapable of being either answered or contradicted. [ Addison ]

Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to persuade, others can persuade without being able to reason; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness, and others soar so high that they give us no light; and some, in a vain attempt to be cutting and dry, give us only that which is cut and dried. We should labor, therefore, to treat with ease of things that are difficult; with familiarity, of things that are novel; and with perspicuity, of things that are profound. [ Colton ]

nonsense in Scrabble®

The word nonsense is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters nonsense:

NONSENSE
(81)
NONSENSE
(81)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

nonenes, oneness

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word nonsense

NONSENSE
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In nonsense

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(81)
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nonsense in Words With Friends™

The word nonsense is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters nonsense:

NONENES
(89 = 54 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

nonenes, oneness

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word nonsense

NONSENSE
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(52)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In nonsense

NONENES
(89 = 54 + 35)
ONENESS
(86 = 51 + 35)
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(83 = 48 + 35)
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NONSENSE
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NONSENSE
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NONSENSE
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Words within the letters of nonsense

2 letter words in nonsense (5 words)

3 letter words in nonsense (7 words)

4 letter words in nonsense (9 words)

5 letter words in nonsense (4 words)

6 letter words in nonsense (1 word)

7 letter words in nonsense (2 words)

8 letter words in nonsense (1 word)

nonsense + 1 blank (1 word)

nonsense + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence nonsense

Words that start with nonsense (2 words)

Words with nonsense in them (1 word)

Words that end with nonsense (1 word)

Word Growth involving nonsense

Shorter words in nonsense

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Longer words containing nonsense

nonsenses