rigmarole
1 antonym for rigmarole — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — A lengthy, involved and formal process.
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1. noun
A lengthy, involved and formal process.
“Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?”
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rigamarole
2. noun
Talk that makes no sense; nonsense.
“If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole.”
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Etymology
Comes from ragman roll ("long list; catalogue"), recorded since c1736.
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