Antonyms for senselessness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sens-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛns lɪs |
Definition of senselessness
Origin :- 1550s, "without sensation," from sense (n.) + -less. Of actions, etc., "devoid of purpose, proceeding from lack of intelligence," it is attested from 1570s. Related: Senselessly; senselessness.
- noun foolishness
- Tell them of the foulness, of the cruelty, of the senselessness of it all.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- That you may not suffer for your own senselessness, and may not harm others by your folly.
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- It was this senselessness of feeling that first brought the jarring of the truth to him.
- Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
- To say nothing of the inhumanity, the senselessness of duelling revolts me.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
- For it does not admit of sobriety, nor does it induce the senselessness of pure wine.
- Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch
- It strikes me as ludicrous—even pathetic in its senselessness.
- Extract from : « The Laughing Cavalier » by Baroness Orczy
- The senselessness of it was growing on him with his increased confidence.
- Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But if reason sets him revolting against this senselessness?
- Extract from : « Dream Tales and Prose Poems » by Ivan Turgenev
- Simply because the shame and senselessness of it reached the pitch of genius!
- Extract from : « The Possessed » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- But in spite of this, governments in their efforts to maintain their independence rush to the greatest extremes of senselessness.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy
Synonyms for senselessness
- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- idiocy
- imbecility
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mistake
- nonsense
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- silliness
- stupidity
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
- zaniness
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