Nonsensical - English meaning

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

Usage examples:

The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Extremely stupid or foolish.

Usage examples:

Lydia ignored his asinine remark

adjective

Extremely foolish; crazy.

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A crackbrained idea

noun

An eccentric or foolish person.

Usage examples:

People who claim famous past identities are usually dismissed as crackpots

adjective

Eccentric; impractical.

Usage examples:

His head's full of crackpot ideas

noun

A crazy or strange person

Usage examples:

They obviously think we’re a bunch of crackpots.

adjective

Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.

Usage examples:

Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

I've been crazy busy

noun

A mad person.

Usage examples:

Keep that crazy away from me

adjective

Silly and pointless.

Usage examples:

A fatuous comment

adjective

Foolish or done without thinking

Usage examples:

A fatuous remark

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Very stupid.

Usage examples:

I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

adjective

Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning.

Usage examples:

An illogical fear of the supernatural

adjective

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.

Usage examples:

Don't badger people with inane questions

adjective

Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance

Usage examples:

There are so many inane programs on television!

adjective

In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

Usage examples:

He had gone insane

adjective

Extremely unreasonable, or mentally ill

Usage examples:

You’d have to be insane to spend $200 on dinner!, fisher went insane and had to be hospitalized.

adjective

Not logical or reasonable.

Usage examples:

Irrational feelings of hostility

noun

An irrational number or quantity; a surd.

Usage examples:

Eudoxus's definition of equal ratios corresponds exactly to the modern theory of irrationals.

adjective

Not based on reason or clear thinking; not reasonable

Usage examples:

One of her main themes is the irrational nature of love.

adjective

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

It's ludicrous that i have been fined

adjective

Ridiculous or foolish; unreasonable or unsuitable

Usage examples:

Some stories that initially seemed ludicrous turned out to be true.

noun

A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.

adjective

Mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

A ward of lunatic old ladies

noun

A foolish or crazy person

Usage examples:

He drives like a lunatic., a lunatic criminal

adjective

Having no meaning or significance.

Usage examples:

The paragraph was a jumble of meaningless words

adjective

Without representing or expressing anything; without referring to someone or something

Usage examples:

The leaflet was full of meaningless information., a meaningless gesture

noun

The thirteenth letter of the greek alphabet (ν, ν), transliterated as ‘n’.

Usage examples:

Nu draconis

symbol

The thirteenth letter of the greek alphabet ( ν, ν ), transliterated as ‘n’.

combining form

Informal respelling of ‘new’, used especially in names of new or revived genres of popular music.

Usage examples:

Nu-metal bands

adjective

Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.

Usage examples:

A preposterous suggestion

adjective

Completely unreasonable and ridiculous; not to be believed

Usage examples:

It was a preposterous idea, and no one took it seriously.

adjective

Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

Usage examples:

That ridiculous tartan cap

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

Usage examples:

The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

Usage examples:

A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.

Usage examples:

Another of his silly jokes

noun

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.

Usage examples:

Silly mid-on

adjective

Showing a lack of thought or judgment; not serious and not showing much intelligence

Usage examples:

A silly grin, i watched another silly movie last night., it’s time to stop the silliness and get se…

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

Having no meaning or significance; meaningless.

Usage examples:

A sweet, unmeaning smile

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

Amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic.

Usage examples:

His zany humour

noun

A zany person.

Usage examples:

We are looking for the zany, the serious, the artistic and ridiculous.