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malarkey
noun
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Definition of malarkey:

malarkey (noun):
insincere or foolish talk bunkum
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.

Synonyms for malarkey:

absurdity
balderdash
baloney
bilge
blah
blah-blah
blarney
blather
blatherskite
blither
boloney
bosh
bull
buncombe
bunk
bunkum
claptrap
codswallop
crapola
craziness
crock
drivel
falderal
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
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Antonyms for malarkey:

assets
building
clarity
common sense
development
fact
facts
growth
intelligence
intelligibility
judgement
judgment
logic
possessions
property
prudence
reality
reason
reasonableness
sagaciousness
sagacity
sageness
sanity
sapience
sense
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