Antonyms for balderdash
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bawl-der-dash |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔl dərˌdæʃ |
Definition of balderdash
Origin :- 1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From dash; first element perhaps cognate with Danish balder "noise, clatter" (cf. boulder).
- noun nonsense
- I need n't read all this balderdash, mother; I 'll go on to business matters.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- Conn Maxwell knows better than this balderdash he's been spouting to you.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- Then why all this balderdash about shock, rejection, and so on?
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- Come; that's enough; one can't listen to all this balderdash.
- Extract from : « The Light Shines in Darkness » by Leo Tolstoy
- He should have been ready with argument, balderdash, or discussion of some sort.
- Extract from : « The Hills of Desire » by Richard Aumerle Maher
- There followed a tedious debate, a muddy flow of gabble and balderdash.
- Extract from : « In the Year of Jubilee » by George Gissing
- I suppose all that balderdash means that you are tired of London.
- Extract from : « The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Fergus Hume
- Every reader will agree with Nash, I suppose, in condemning this as balderdash.
- Extract from : « The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare » by J. J. Jusserand
- You will now hear what we call in the profession 'balderdash.'
- Extract from : « The Marriage Contract » by Honore de Balzac
- I listened to some old wife's balderdash, and thought it true.
- Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine
Synonyms for balderdash
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