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nonsense

/ˈnɑn.sɛns/ interjection C2
  1. An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.
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“Nonsense!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 40 · C1
“Man, it would be absolute nonsense if it wasn’t that anything else is even worse!” cried MacDonald.
The Valley of Fear, p. 43 · C1
And talking nonsense all the time--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
“Nonsense,” said Marilla, vexed at herself for having made the child cry.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 81 · C1

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