Thesaurus results for BAGATELLE

bagatelle

noun

ˌba-gə-ˈtel

as in nothing

something of little importance the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference

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Recent Examples of bagatelle Pinball is back Pinball got its start in 18th-century France with the billiardslike tabletop game bagatelle, which used a springlike launcher. —

San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2020 Overall this novel is an entertaining bagatelle, told by a proficient storyteller in an engaging way. —

David Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 Lewis kept the scope of emotion in the first bagatelle more along the lines of concerned. —

Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 11 May 2018 As far as performance marathons go, the 10 hours of John Zorn’s bagatelles on Saturday at National Sawdust in Brooklyn may not have been the most sprawling. —

Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2016

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Noun

While CinemaCon 2026 brought us exciting news about new films, it was also bogged down with status quo nothings about how Amazon MGM still hasn’t found a new James Bond.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026