absurd

Speech parts

1. absurd - Noun

2. absurd - Adjective

3. absurd - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.

An absurdity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ridiculous preposterous irrational foolish ludicrous incongruous inconsistent nonsensical idiotic laughable derisory cockeyed cam looney Mickey Mouse

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Antonyms

strait hakim echo down-to-earth hakeem considered

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Hypernyms

situation state of affairs

Phrases with the word

absurd humor the absurd absurd differences theater of the absurd absurd times absurd situation

Examples

There is nothing so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher. Cicero

I consider it absurd that we should permit our senses to sate themselves without hindrance with their own material food, but that we should exclude the mind alone from its own particular activity. Basil of Caesarea

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for. Norman Mailer

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic. Evelyn Waugh

Listen to your conviction, even if they seem absurd to your reason. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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