"Hey man! Didn't I tell you, Tom, that I don't eat meat!?" - "Balderdash! You're going to eat it whether you like it or not!"
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Balderdash
Synonyms for "balderdash" (238 found)
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Strong matches (71)
Noun(42 words)
Related words (119)
Noun(69 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безсми́слици noun (nonsense)
- глу́пости noun (nonsense)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 胡說八道 /胡说八道 noun (nonsense)
Czech
1 entries- cancy noun (nonsense)
Dutch
1 entries- gebazel noun (nonsense)
Esperanto
2 entries- galimatio noun (nonsense)
- volapukaĵo noun (nonsense)
Finnish
1 entries- soopa noun (nonsense)
French
3 entries- bêtises noun (nonsense)
- calembredaines noun (nonsense)
- carabistouilles noun (nonsense)
German
1 entries- Gefasel noun (nonsense)
Japanese
1 entries- たわごと noun (nonsense)
Korean
1 entries- 농담 noun (nonsense)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاچمه noun (nonsense)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Domheit noun (nonsense)
Polish
1 entries- ambaje noun (nonsense)
Portuguese
2 entries- baboseira noun (nonsense)
- besteira noun (nonsense)
Russian
4 entries- белиберда́ noun (nonsense)
- бессмы́слица noun (nonsense)
- вздор noun (nonsense)
- галиматья́ noun (nonsense)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This is utterly balderdash.
Source: tatoeba (5194706)
Balderdash and piffle!
Source: tatoeba (9518207)
Where, you cried in the name of Wonder, have you been able to gather together such an old fashioned Bundlement of Scientific Balderdash?
Source: wiktionary
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