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Meanings of hokum in English

Portuguese
disparate
Catalan
despropòsit
Spanish
disparate

A message that seems to convey no meaning.

disparate
Synonyms
Examples for "nonsense"
Examples for "nonsense"
1
Her intuitive capacity was impressive, along with her no-nonsense approach to conflict.
Map of bones
2
Meanwhile, Glynnis Breytenbach brings her no-nonsense approach to the Shadow Justice Ministry.
The South African
3
This is all the greatest nonsense I ever heard in the world.
The Prime Minister
4
Of course what she said was the greatest nonsense in the world.
The Eustace Diamonds
5
It is all nonsense, of course; just foolish talk of the villagers.
Dear Brutus
1
The next moment the boy heard Thede moving in the bunk above.
Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds; Or, The Signal from the Hills
2
In the darkness, cylinder in hand, I crept softly from the bunk.
Brigands of the Moon
3
When Harold was in his bunk the little maid was brought in.
The Man
4
Long, frightening howls carried by the wind into our open bunk windows.
Welcome to Camp Nightmare
5
The man in the bunk in the lumbermen's camp is wild again.
The Wolf's Long Howl
1
But now at least I understand the meaninglessness of being somebody.
Level 7
2
I find this immense incomprehensibility greatly reassuring, especially its seeming meaninglessness.
The Guardian
3
It is its historical meaninglessness, its dishonesty, and its deceptive big-bangism.
The South African
4
So this is a picture of the meaninglessness of it all!
Cat’s Cradle
5
Like dandelion seeds, the formation broke apart and drifted into meaninglessness.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
1
He finished his scotch in a single gulp and chewed on the ice, irritated with the nonsensicality of the offering.
Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!
Usage of hokum in English
1
The whole phenomenon still has the whiff of hokum, but we'll see.
Wired
2
Is it really necessary, or just a bit of horticultural hokum?
The Irish Times
3
Hollywood no doubt found this sort of hokum engaging, but not the passengers.
The Irish Times
4
Too much pseudo-scientific paranormal hokum is layered on with too hefty a trowel.
The Irish Times
5
Other than the bathetic speech-making, there's virtually no drama in this misbegotten hokum.
Reuters
6
If he does, we'll go right into some hokum drama stuff.
Merton of the Movies
7
Why, if you give 'em hokum they don't even demand acting.
Merton of the Movies
8
She knows, we know, everyone knows that's hokum on stilts.
The Guardian
9
Is past mistress of art of press agent hokum, herself.
The new yorker
10
It should be glutinous hokum, but it still works brilliantly.
The Irish Times
11
Now, to many, it seems deeply unfashionable, or a piece of cute religious hokum.
The Irish Times
12
They're the best jazz-and-hokum team on the Keith Circuit.
The Little Warrior
13
Honest, to hear him spring that sure-fire hokum you would have thought he believed it.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
14
Not one of those hokum merchants they got now.
Depraved
15
But the slick craftsmanship can't hide the fact that most of these mini-melodramas are unadulterated hokum.
Reuters
16
Even if it is melodramatic, even if it is 90% hokum, it is fun.
Rite of Passage
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