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Noun
▲
Something that is, or the state of being, significantly ridiculous
folly
stupidity
foolishness
idiocy
preposterousness
ridiculousness
silliness
farcicality
inanity
insanity
irrationality
ludicrousness
senselessness
craziness
daftness
illogicality
incongruity
unreasonableness
farce
malarkey
nonsense
absurdness
asininity
fatuity
imbecility
lunacy
meaninglessness
risibility
balminess
brainlessness
dippiness
dottiness
fatuousness
foolery
foppery
madness
nonsensicality
nonsensicalness
nuttiness
pointlessness
simplicity
unwisdom
wackiness
witlessness
zaniness
farcicalness
illogicalness
bêtise
bull
flapdoodle
jazz
jive
joke
applesauce
improbability
BS
hot air
more ❯
“Always aware of its own absurdity, the scripts positively dripped with knowing pop-culture references and side-splitting asides.”
Noun
▲
Silly talk or writing
tommyrot
nonsense
hogwash
drivel
rubbish
twaddle
garbage
malarkey
poppycock
claptrap
baloney
balderdash
blather
bunk
piffle
rot
codswallop
tosh
bull
guff
trash
bunkum
hooey
crock
bilge
moonshine
hokum
flapdoodle
humbug
bosh
folly
applesauce
fiddlesticks
boloney
horsefeathers
blarney
crapola
foolishness
blither
silliness
senselessness
stupidity
slush
blah
malarky
fudge
muck
hokeypokey
jazz
nuts
flannel
tripe
gibberish
taradiddle
trumpery
drool
hoodoo
tarradiddle
blatherskite
buncombe
fiddle
beans
falderal
folderol
nerts
punk
babble
prattle
bombast
inanity
palaver
jive
rigmarole
idiocy
fatuity
madness
irrationality
ludicrousness
imprudence
flightiness
verbiage
grandiloquence
abracadabra
double-talk
cant
pomposity
codology
rant
blabber
chatter
gas
magniloquence
Greek
slobber
gibber
burble
turgidity
flimflam
boasting
unintelligible language
talk
obscure language
wind
hocus-pocus
verbosity
foolish talk
oratory
double talk
argle-bargle
orotundity
rhetoric
bragging
gab
footle
prating
dross
gossip
jabbering
doublespeak
idle talk
euphuism
histrionics
trivia
tattle
bluster
junk
sleaze
dreck
drek
slop
cheese
spiel
wittering
braggadocio
rodomontade
loftiness
legalese
yammer
idiom
fanfaronade
equivocation
wordiness
portentousness
ornateness
boastfulness
prolixity
scat
pompousness
windiness
sonorousness
vocabulary
language
chitchat
tumidity
speech
purple prose
carrying-on
malaise
bean
rambling
twitter
rhubarb
officialese
yackety-yak
yabbering
yatter
Choctaw
nattering
chuntering
hypocrisy
padding
noise
triviality
balductum
story
saga
fantasy
fiction
corn
quackery
charlatanry
rigamarole
stultiloquence
futile talk
useless words
flattery
clack
twattle
swing
Dixieland
bop
blues
ragtime
bebop
boogie
bravado
lies
trickery
falsehood
bafflegab
boogie-woogie
explanation
overelaboration
excuse
yarn
account
improvisational music
fusion jazz
hot jazz
pedantry
blandishments
all Greek
ravings
technobabble
obscuration
prevarication
evasion
hedging
nonsense talk
mere words
verbalizingUS
overpraise
sweet talk
taffy
smooth talk
adulation
honeyed words
incense
butter
logorrhoea
meaningless talk
amphibiology
verbalisingUK
guyver
smoodging
weasel words
blubbering
tattling
amphigory
macaronics
murmur
muttering
blandishment
buttering up
clamorUS
boastful talk
clamourUK
gushing
song and dance
turgor
slang
pretentiousness
gasconade
patter
rhodomontade
brag
grandiosity
ostentation
affectedness
cockalorum
periphrasis
patois
argot
lingo
hyperbole
verboseness
altiloquence
pad
long-windedness
exaggeration
rave
bombastry
cotton
aureation
rhapsody
padded
stuffed
affectation
bombard phrase
tympany
rage
extravagant boasting
vernacular
dialect
parlance
heroics
elocution
declamation
eloquence
speech-making
psychobabble
computerese
terminology
bureaucratese
shop
usage
journalese
tongue
shoptalk
spieling
speechifying
whaikorero
specialized language
-speak
-ese
netspeak
technical language
cliché
geekspeak
wordcraft
composition
public speaking
address
words
oration
extravagant language
discourse
style
writing
speechmaking
flowery language
big talk
insipidity
colloquialism
newspeak
banality
neologism
slanguage
lexicon
leetspeak, l33tspeak
stale language
overused term
trite language
hackneyed term
commonplace term
street talk
more ❯
Noun
▲
(of literature) Something which is incorrect or inaccurate
mistake
misprint
error
fault
inaccuracy
corrigendum
erratum
literal
misstatement
omission
solecism
howler
flaw
slipup
blunder
misinterpretation
oversight
typo
blooper
misjudgement
misjudgment
keyboarding error
keyboarding mistake
keying error
keying mistake
printing error
printing mistake
screw-up
slip-up
typesetting error
typesetting mistake
typing error
typing mistake
typographical error
typographical mistake
foot in the mouth
slip of the pen
slip of the tongue
faux pas
misunderstanding
bungle
indiscretion
impropriety
foul-up
mix-up
botch
lapsus linguae
snafu
lapsus calami
bloop
misconstruction
bug
gremlin
transgression
muff
misjudging
miscount
breakdown
confusion
muddle
illusion
false step
blow
error of judgment
untruth
falsehood
mess
falsity
misestimate
mixup
gaucherie
misestimation
malfunction
sin
misdeed
misbelief
underestimation
mishap
offenceUK
problem
overestimation
false impression
incorrectness
Freudian slip
offenseUS
shortcoming
blip
failing
inadvertence
wrong idea
imperfection
wrongness
dereliction
peccadillo
difficulty
falseness
floater
weakness
neglect
misconstruing
poor judgment
misimpression
limitation
negligence
familiarity
misknowledge
overvaluation
undervaluation
incomprehension
debacle
false move
wrongdoing
blemish
breach
breach of etiquette
catastrophe
erroneousness
vice
want
virus
bummer
misdemeanourUK
goof-up
tongue twister
obstruction
indecorum
misfortune
botch-up
infelicity
misusage
crime
mistaken belief
foible
shambles
disaster
trespass
cockup
confounding
fiasco
setback
hitch
frailty
flop
snag
exception
deficiency
disregard
hiccup
hallucination
myth
misdemeanorUS
hash
wreck
default
mischance
weak point
inadequacy
adversity
overlooking
aberration
spoonerism
reversal
bad luck
catch
showstopper
fallaciousness
impreciseness
car crash
misapplication
err
mistakenness
misevaluation
bumble
malapropism
felony
misuse
carelessness
barbarism
commotion
wrong impression
false reading
complication
disorder
woe
snarl-up
mess-up
lemon
washout
misconduct
trouble
laxity
downfall
inadvertency
dud
fizzle
drawback
encumbrance
defeat
clunker
bust
bomb
accident
reverse
dumb move
turkey
frost
skip
preterition
chasm
overlook
pretermission
calamity
collapse
demerit
lack
upset
knock
miscarriage
misprision
trial
something wrong
break
dumb thing to do
casualty
misadventure
balls-up
hang-up
stroke of bad luck
fly in the ointment
fumbler
botcher
bumbler
blunderer
blunderbuss
bungler
butcher
poor decision
bad choice
erroneous belief
pratfall
distortion
whoops
old wivesʼ tale
bungling
poor decision-making
drop
bonehead play
flummox
foulup
spot
echo
censor
tap
imprudence
imprecision
unsoundness
unsuitability
speciousness
bad
misfielding
mishandling
misspeaking
bad idea
hesitation
flub-up
exaggeration
unfaithfulness
deception
unreliability
bodge
incorrect sum
false belief
poor choice
minor shock
inexactness
faultiness
inappropriate behaviour
social indiscretion
impairment
inattention
overestimate
wrong move
stupid mistake
misconstrual
fabrication
untruthfulness
fiction
bad move
infraction
boo boo
improper act
blank
piece of indecorum
incongruity
underestimate
crash
malaprop
bozo eruption
mispronunciation
botched job
violation
inconsistency
colossal blunder
lapse of etiquette
social blunder
abortion
despisement
scorn
disdain
small mistake
sus linguae
wrong word
putting foot in mouth
failure to notice
cacology
dilemma
jumble
false interpretation
fizzer
malware
uphill
interruption
blunder in etiquette
error of judgement
misreading of the situation
upheaval
quandary
brain fart
mispositioning
misdesign
misarrangement
misalignment
sinning
embarrassment
anomaly
misfire
kink
tangle
fallibility
discrepancy
loophole
minor offence
petty offence
emergency
snarl
complexity
intricacy
struggle
route
shipwreck
susceptibility
infirmity
farce
lead balloon
rout
loser
degradation
backsliding
vulnerability
involvement
awkwardness
disorganizationUS
misconfiguration
disorganisationUK
disarray
idiosyncrasy
quirk
fankle
turmoil
puzzle
chaos
folly
wickedness
mischief
mischievousness
absence
petty sin
trifling fault
poor configuration
computer glitch
computer malfunction
abuse
grammatical mistake
misbehaviourUK
peccability
inappropriateness
misery
inappositeness
sadness
unfitness
inaptness
improperness
suscept
flimsiness
Achilles heel
foil
chink in your armour
naivete
unseemliness
stupidity
thoughtlessness
crudeness
misbehaviorUS
hastiness
ingenuousness
simple-mindedness
excitability
indiscreetness
unthinkingness
misspeak
hole
exclusion
nonfeasance
inaction
wrong end of the stick
forgetfulness
bad behaviour
poor layout
weak spot
evasion
non-remittance
non-appearance
nonpayment
wrong configuration
yielding to temptation
original sin
blind spot
misappreciation
fool mistake
unhappiness
wretchedness
privation
avoidance
insufficiency
nonattendance
nonappearance
dearth
defaulting
failure to appear
failure to act
failure to pay
ruin
neglectfulness
dropping the ball
fall from grace
destruction
loss
non-fulfilment
slackness
ruination
overthrow
tragedy
slovenliness
nonjoinder
laxness
remissness
ignoring
cancellationUK
prohibition
excluding
withholding
passing over
slighting
cutting out
repudiation
disregardance
cancelationUS
missing
noninclusion
preclusion
unseating
deposition
ousting
vanquishing
conquest
toppling
contretemps
tribulation
ill
obstacle
overturn
end
elimination
shame
debasement
annihilation
disgrace
death
cataclysm
bad break
unfortunate incident
humiliation
nemesis
Waterloo
labefaction
reverse of fortune
ill fortune
impasse
issue
hurdle
hindrance
impediment
barrier
grief
destroyer
last straw
loss of power
bane
bad omen
visitation
undoing
smash
doom
final straw
subversion
delay
holdup
discouragement
inconvenience
hardship
holdback
handicap
ill luck
disadvantage
crimp
trammel
inefficacy
disappointment
block
whammy
cramp
bafflement
one in the eye
body blow
spanner in the works
Catch-22
piece of bad luck
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
monkey wrench
kick in the teeth
knock-back
hold-up
stumbling block
bitter pill
more ❯
Noun
▲
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true
paradox
contradiction
anomaly
enigma
incongruity
inconsistency
mystery
oddity
puzzle
ambiguity
conflict
dichotomy
oxymoron
self-contradiction
antinomy
catch
Catch-22
conundrum
error
irony
juxtaposition
koan
mistake
nonsense
opposite
quandary
reverse
riddle
shocker
contradiction in terms
reverse psychology
problem
difficulty
opposition
disagreement
clash
variance
mismatch
complexity
complication
intricacy
crux
aporia
confutation
contravention
antilogy
flaw
defiance
dispute
bucking
illogicality
dissension
discrepancy
challenge
difference
disputation
obscurity
lack of congruence
more ❯
Noun
▲
An event or situation that is absurd or disorganized
farce
joke
mockery
sham
travesty
parody
shambles
charade
caricature
cartoon
masquerade
nonsense
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
apology
excuse
malarkey
ridiculousness
camp
circus
disgrace
embarrassment
horseplay
interlude
mock
play
satire
laughing stock
piece of futility
poor substitute
waste of time
high camp
low camp
pratfall comedy
burlesque
lampoon
send-up
spoof
distortion
mimicry
imitation
take-off
takeoff
pasquinade
put-on
misrepresentation
deception
pantomime
perversion
corruption
skit
ridicule
poor imitation
rib
distorted drawing
pastiche
exaggerated drawing
sendup
lampoonery
apology for
debasement
letdown
light comedy
slapstick
drawing
sketch
squib
exaggeration
roast
picture
representation
falsification
libel
excuse for
comic strip
pasticcio
false impression
strip cartoon
funny drawing
political cartoon
revue
peep show
variety show
cabaret
floor show
strip
vaudeville
burly
spectacular
extravaganza
fake
act
facade
show
front
low comedy
playacting
guise
semblance
airs
façade
disguise
pose
simulation
pretension
pretentiousness
simulacrum
make-believe
trick
pageant
false display
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act of doing or representing in an excessive manner
extravagance
exaggeration
excess
outrageousness
recklessness
folly
immoderation
preposterousness
wildness
dissipation
exaggeratedness
excessiveness
irrationality
unreasonableness
unreservedness
exorbitance
overkill
unrestraint
lack of reserve
lack of restraint
prodigality
lavishness
overindulgence
squandering
wastefulness
waste
improvidence
profusion
overspending
unthrift
intemperance
intemperateness
debauchery
overconsumption
self-indulgence
insobriety
self-gratification
immoderacy
nimiety
dissoluteness
abandon
dissolution
wantonness
indulgence
lack of self-control
thriftlessness
unthriftiness
bounteousness
irresponsibility
overspend
intoxication
inebriation
lack of thrift
irregularity
crapulence
immoral behaviour
extreme
extremity
inordinateness
saturnalia
extreme behaviour
spendthrift behaviour
free-spending ways
greed
gluttony
hedonism
riotousness
lack of control
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence
incongruity
discrepancy
inappropriateness
inconsistency
disparity
incompatibility
inharmoniousness
unsuitability
incongruousness
bizarreness
contradiction
dichotomy
difference
discordance
dissonance
inaptness
irreconcilability
paradox
strangeness
extraneousness
mismatch
oddity
oddness
unsuitableness
lack of harmony
variance
disagreement
dissimilarity
divergence
contrast
inequity
one-sidedness
deflection
diversion
detour
divagation
lopsidedness
shift
uniqueness
roughness
diversification
bias
discreteness
unfairness
discrimination
fork
turning
crotch
unequalness
otherhood
apartness
insufficiency
oppositeness
distinguishment
inadequacy
bifurcation
delimitation
individuality
varying
specialtyUS
specialness
individualism
specialityUK
forking
divaricating
misproportion
partiality
amount of difference
discernment
delineation
fine line
dividing line
patchiness
parting of the ways
shortcoming
top-heaviness
fluctuation
disagreeing
mutation
ramification
radiation
prejudice
jaggedness
dent
stop
uncertainty
spasm
imperfection
hole
bump
hump
break
crookedness
twist
distortion
bumpiness
veering
straying
lack of relation
freakishness
variableness
abnormality
preferentiality
drift
swerve
turning aside
bend
veer
frustration
misunderstanding
lack of proportion
hereticism
transgression
partisanship
unjustness
injustice
incommensurateness
asperity
unequivalence
unfair treatment
cross-purposes
lack of balance
dissent
disharmony
disunity
dissidence
strife
inharmony
infighting
dissention
contention
argumentation
clashing
warfare
unharmoniousness
war
argument
more ❯
Noun
▲
A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive
sophism
deception
sophistry
misconception
fallacious argument
fallacy
falsehood
inconsistency
faultiness
illogicality
invalidity
speciousness
delusion
falsity
error
untruth
misapprehension
mistake
deceptiveness
deceit
equivocation
miscalculation
misinterpretation
casuistry
flaw
evasion
erroneousness
artifice
solecism
ambiguity
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something said to cause amusement or laughter
joke
jest
gag
quip
witticism
wisecrack
crack
josh
funny
pun
jape
pleasantry
giggle
boff
boffo
boffola
drollery
humourUK
humorUS
lark
laugh
nifty
nonsense
rib
waggery
yuck
yuk
banter
blague
buffoonery
caper
chestnut
frolic
fun
killer
quirk
raillery
repartee
ridiculousness
whimsy
anecdote
antic
burlesque
clowning
epigram
tomfoolery
one-liner
in-joke
rib-tickler
funny story
bon mot
knee-slapper
thigh-slapper
double entendre
old chestnut
shaggy-dog story
play on words
ha-ha
more ❯
Noun
▲
Physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs
ineptitude
inability
incapacity
incompetence
clumsiness
impotence
inadequacy
incapability
incompetency
inefficiency
insufficiency
powerlessness
gaucheness
inappropriateness
inexpertness
pointlessness
unfitness
unhandiness
uselessness
awkwardness
ineffectiveness
ineptness
maladroitness
ungracefulness
lack of ability
lack of skill
ineffectualness
inefficacy
hopelessness
ineffectuality
defect
affliction
disadvantage
drawback
failing
flaw
imperfection
hurt
damage
suffering
harm
reservation
vice
qualification
foible
disorder
condition
weak point
disbenefit
snag
disfigurement
wounding
ailment
dysfunction
limitation
illness
handicap
malady
disease
complaint
pain
abnormality
restriction
detriment
invalidity
learning difficulties
special needs
learning disability
ill health
more ❯
Noun
▲
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
irony
sarcasm
mockery
ridicule
satire
bitterness
causticity
derision
dryness
mordancy
sardonicism
scorn
acerbity
cynicism
sharpness
acid
trenchancy
backhandedness
sarkiness
sneering
wryness
banter
burlesque
causticness
contempt
contrariety
contrariness
criticism
fatefulness
humourUK
humorUS
insincerity
jibe
quip
raillery
repartee
reproach
taunt
twist
wit
double meaning
dramatic irony
snub
slap in the face
disrespect
abuse
kick in the teeth
rebuff
backhanded compliment
scoff
contumely
injury
cutting remark
dump
discourtesy
dirty dig
black eye
provocation
humiliation
despite
goading
crack
knock
ridiculing
hit
zinger
disregard
brush-off
rudeness
sledge
obloquy
disgrace
disparaging remark
left-handed compliment
mocking
irreverence
gibes
catcall
contemptuousness
shaft
name-calling
spite
scornfulness
wrong
hurt
assailment
battery
harm
injustice
push
bombardment
indignation
mugging
insinuation
remark
grievance
mistreatment
atrocity
innuendo
pan
suppression
burn
sting
take-down
scandal
desecration
rejection
snide remark
verbal abuse
snappy comeback
despisement
misprision
despitefulness
derisiveness
spurning
cold-shouldering
indifference
put down
dirty deed
pointed comment
inattention
neglect
smear
belittlement
call-down
kick
exposé
one in the eye
despisal
rag
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
snark
the cold shoulder
cold shoulder
insolence
slander
libel
defamation
revilement
depreciation
impugnment
aspersions
abusive remark
accusation
rap
blur
odium
reflection
expose
blemish
animadversion
demean
besmirch
stricture
discredit
ignominy
blasphemy
unpleasantry
scurrility
opprobrium
impertinence
vilification
pejorative
incivility
impudence
vituperation
shame
disdainfulness
cheap shot
bar sinister
scepticismUK
doubt
mistrust
pessimism
distrust
suspicion
disbelief
incredulity
unbelief
world-weariness
negativity
doubtfulness
misanthropy
disillusion
dubiety
disenchantment
negative thinking
misandry
skepticismUS
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