Thesaurus results for RIGMAROLE

rigmarole

noun

ˈri-gə-mə-ˌrōl

variants also rigamarole

as in gobbledygook

language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions the security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations

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Recent Examples of rigmarole The victors of Iraqi elections often enter a familiar rigmarole of bargaining and deal-making to form the largest parliamentary alliance and put a government in place. —

Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 Mutual funds allowed customers to write large checks above some threshold on their accounts rather than the rigmarole of a withdrawal. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole. —

John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 Editors’ Picks Our Favorite Bathrooms Kermit has been through the graduation rigmarole before. —

Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rigmarole

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Noun

Meaningless gobbledygook to an outsider, yet powerful to those who know how to wield those sounds properly.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025