senselessness
Complete lack of meaning
Senselessness is the quality of lacking sense—whether meaning, purpose, or rationality.
It often describes violence or destruction that seems to serve no end: the senselessness of war, the senselessness of the tragedy.
The word emphasizes futility and the absence of any justification that might make something comprehensible.
Absence of good judgment
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
imprudence · thoughtlessness · shortsightedness · madness · lunacy · craziness · brainlessness · witlessness
Wildly illogical quality
- futilityLack of purpose
- pointlessnessState of lacking meaning
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
- emptinessAbsence of substance
hollowness · vacuity · inanity · nihilism · void · nothingness · aimlessness · worthlessness
Absence of rational thought
- illogicFaulty reasoning
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
preposterousness · unreasonableness · groundlessness · baselessness · unfoundedness · arbitrariness · randomness · capriciousness
Suspended sensibility
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- blackoutComplete power loss
coma · daze · torpor · unconsciousness · faint · swoon · knockout · concussion
Savage, merciless behavior
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
- gratuitousGiven without necessity
- needlessNot required
unprovoked · unjustified · carnage · bloodshed · savagery · barbarity · atrocity · massacre
folly
Absence of good judgment
recklessness · imprudence · thoughtlessness · shortsightedness · madness · lunacy · craziness · brainlessness · witlessness · fatuity
absurdity
Wildly illogical quality
- futilityLack of purpose
- pointlessnessState of lacking meaning
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
emptiness · hollowness · vacuity · inanity · nihilism · void · nothingness · aimlessness · worthlessness · insignificance
unreason
Absence of rational thought
- illogicFaulty reasoning
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
ludicrousness · preposterousness · unreasonableness · groundlessness · baselessness · unfoundedness · arbitrariness · randomness · capriciousness · whimsy
stupor
Suspended sensibility
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
blackout · coma · daze · torpor · unconsciousness · faint · swoon · knockout · concussion · unresponsiveness
brutality
Savage, merciless behavior
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
- gratuitousGiven without necessity
needless · unprovoked · unjustified · carnage · bloodshed · savagery · barbarity · atrocity · massacre · mayhem
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- futilityfutile, futility, in vain, pointlessness, vain
- irrationalityirrationality, unreason, illogic, madness, insanity
- nonsenseabsurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook, ridiculous
senselessnesssense
Perception or judgment
wisdom · rationality · sensibleness · prudence · reasonableness
senselessnessmeaningfulness
Quality of having purpose
purposefulness · significance · purpose · meaning · reason
senselessnessconsciousness
State of sentient awareness
awareness · sensibility · sentience · alertness · wakefulness
sense, nonsense, sensitive, senses, sensation, sensible, sensitivity, senseless, sensational