empty+nonsense

  • 121Schopenhauer, Arthur — Arthur Schopenhauer Kathleen M.Higgins Despite a recent surge of philosophical interest, Arthur Schopenhauer remains one of the most underappreciated philosophers of modern times. He has arguably had a greater influence on subsequent philosophy… …

    History of philosophy

  • 122Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by… …

    History of philosophy

  • 123Unsubstantiality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unsubstantiality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unsubstantiality unsubstantiality insubstantiality Sgm: N 1 nothingness nothingness nihility Sgm: N 1 no degree no degree no part no quantity no thing GRP: N 2 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 124stand — stand1 W1S1 [stænd] v past tense and past participle stood [stud] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be on feet)¦ 2¦(rise)¦ 3¦(step)¦ 4¦(in a particular position)¦ 5¦(in a state/condition)¦ 6¦(not like)¦ 7¦(accept a situation)¦ 8¦(be good enough)¦ 9 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 125bosh — empty talk, nonsense, 1834, from Turkish, lit. empty. Introduced in Ayesha, popular romance novel by J.J. Morier (1780 1849) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 126bullshit — I. n nonsense or falsehood, especially when blatant or offensive; empty, insincere or bombastic speech or behaviour; tedious attention to detail. The term has become particularly widespread since the late 1960s, before which it was more often… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 127gibbering — n.; (also gibberish) Jargon, gabble, jabber, gibble gabble, balderdash, nonsense, prate, prating, drivel, idle talk, empty babble, empty sound …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 128gas — [[t]gæs[/t]] n. pl. gas•es, 1) phs a fluid substance with the ability to expand indefinitely, as opposed to a solid or a liquid 2) phs chem. any such fluid or mixture of fluids, used as a fuel, anesthetic, asphyxiating agent, etc 3) a) gasoline… …

    From formal English to slang