absurd
utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
Origin of absurd
1synonym study For absurd
Other words for absurd
Opposites for absurd
Other words from absurd
- ab·surd·ly, adverb
- ab·surd·ness, noun
- su·per·ab·surd, adjective
- su·per·ab·surd·ly, adverb
- su·per·ab·surd·ness, noun
Words Nearby absurd
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How to use absurd in a sentence
That also means that they will pump out absurd amounts of heat.
Nvidia’s monstrous new graphics cards crank up the power while dropping their prices | Stan Horaczek | September 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe fairest critique of the Bay Area has to do with its absurd housing costs.
The sense of humor might be a little drier and more absurd, but that’s about it.
A most excellent interview: The team behind Bill and Ted Face the Music | Jennifer Ouellette | August 28, 2020 | Ars TechnicaIn the go-go days of 2017 and early 2018, dozens of crypto firms raised absurd amounts of money in “initial coin offerings” that sold digital tokens to all comers via the Internet.
Thankfully the particular project that had so fully absorbed me eventually collapsed under its own absurd weight.
Whatever the reason, and however absurd their beliefs may seem, American evangelicals are deadly serious.
And, as any good public defender would, Wolf says the allegations are absurd.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist | Creede Newton | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is not merely morally absurd to suggest that facts do not matter; as a person of color, it is insulting and degrading.
Dear White People: Well-Meaning Paternalism Is Still Racist | Chloé Valdary | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA lot of folks this week have responded to the absurd question, “What does Valerie Jarrett really do?”
The Valerie Jarrett I Know: How She Saved the Obama Campaign and Why She’s Indispensable | Joshua DuBois | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat suggestion turns absurd when you consider the long list of corrupt Democrat politicians Lynch has sent to prison.
For Next AG, Obama Picks a Quiet Fighter With a Heavy Punch | Michael Daly | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTressan fell suddenly to groaning and wringing his hands a pathetic figure had it been less absurd.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe charges in general are quite reasonable, though I have paid one or two absurd bills.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyI believe I murmured something suitable, but it was absurd to pretend to be overjoyed at the news.
Uncanny Tales | VariousJudge: If I hear any more absurd comparisons, I will give you twelve months.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Variousabsurd as that taffeta dress was for a child of her age, it seemed to her an armor against all disaster.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret Penrose
British Dictionary definitions for absurd
/ (əbˈsɜːd) /
at variance with reason; manifestly false
ludicrous; ridiculous
the absurd (sometimes capital) philosophy the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
Origin of absurd
1- See also theatre of the absurd
Derived forms of absurd
- absurdity or absurdness, noun
- absurdly, adverb
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