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单词 fiddle-faddle
释义

fiddle-faddle

noun

fid·​dle-fad·​dle ˈfi-dᵊl-ˌfa-dᵊl How to pronounce fiddle-faddle (audio)
: nonsense
often used as an interjection

Synonyms

  • applesauce [slang]
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • boloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • bosh
  • bull [slang]
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • buncombe
  • claptrap
  • codswallop [British]
  • crapola [slang]
  • crock
  • drivel
  • drool
  • fiddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • flannel [British]
  • flapdoodle
  • folderol
  • falderal
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • fudge
  • garbage
  • guff
  • hogwash
  • hokeypokey
  • hokum
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • horsefeathers [slang]
  • humbug
  • humbuggery
  • jazz
  • malarkey
  • malarky
  • moonshine
  • muck
  • nerts [slang]
  • nonsense
  • nuts
  • piffle
  • poppycock
  • punk
  • rot
  • rubbish
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • slush
  • stupidity
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • tommyrot
  • tosh
  • trash
  • trumpery
  • twaddle
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Word History

Etymology

reduplication of fiddle (fiddlesticks)

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

fiddle-faddle

noun

as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a grandmother who routinely pooh-poohed the advice of the so-called experts in child care as so much fiddle-faddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nonsense
  • garbage
  • nuts
  • rubbish
  • silliness
  • jazz
  • stupidity
  • twaddle
  • flapdoodle
  • blatherskite
  • drool
  • balderdash
  • blah
  • claptrap
  • bunk
  • baloney
  • folderol
  • piffle
  • trumpery
  • blither
  • fiddlesticks
  • fiddle
  • guff
  • muck
  • blather
  • beans
  • hokum
  • tommyrot
  • bunkum
  • foolishness
  • humbuggery
  • boloney
  • fudge
  • punk
  • tosh
  • trash
  • falderal
  • drivel
  • tarradiddle
  • hogwash
  • poppycock
  • bilge
  • malarkey
  • horsefeathers
  • crock
  • hooey
  • codswallop
  • craziness
  • bull
  • rot
  • insanity
  • taradiddle
  • madness
  • folly
  • malarky
  • humbug
  • blarney
  • buncombe
  • applesauce
  • blah-blah
  • crapola
  • bosh
  • absurdity
  • hoodoo
  • moonshine
  • flannel
  • hokeypokey
  • idiocy
  • nerts
  • foolery
  • tomfoolery
  • slush
  • inanity
  • senselessness
  • greek
  • imbecility
  • absurdness
  • fatuity
  • gas
  • lunacy
  • monkey business
  • inaneness
  • rigmarole
  • kookiness
  • witlessness
  • asininity
  • rigamarole
  • hot air
  • hoity-toity
  • shenanigan(s)
  • hocus-pocus
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sensibleness
  • rationality
  • sense
  • reasonableness
  • horse sense
  • levelheadedness
  • reasonability
  • judgment
  • wisdom
  • judgement
  • discernment
  • common sense
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