Associations to the word «Nonsensical»

Wiktionary

NONSENSICAL, adjective. Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

Dictionary definition

NONSENSICAL, adjective. Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous".
NONSENSICAL, adjective. Having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats