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absurd Definition:
- Absurd or The Absurd may refer to:
| Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety |
| Absurd (n.) An absurdity. |
| theater of the absurd plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless, "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd" |
| absurd / the absurd a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless, "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus |
| absurd inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense, "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman |
| absurd / cockeyed / derisory / idiotic / laughable / ludicrous / nonsensical / preposterous / ridiculous incongruous,inviting ridicule, "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework", "that's a cockeyed idea", "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer", "a contribution so small as to be laughable", "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion", "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history", "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" |
absurd Synonyme:
| absurd Pickwickian a bit thick a bit thin abnormal amusing anomalous asinine balmy barred beyond belief bizarre childish closed-out cockamamie comic contrary to reason crazy curious daft disproportionate doubtable doubtful droll dubious dubitable eccentric empty excluded extravagant fantastic farcical fatuitous fatuous foolish freaked out freaky funny futile grotesque hard of belief hard to believe harebrained high-flown hilarious hollow hopeless humorous idiotic idle illogical imbecile imbecilic implausible impossible inane incoherent incommensurable incommensurate incompatible inconceivable incongruous inconsequent inconsistent inconsonant incredible insane irrational irreconcilable kooky laughable logically impossible loony ludicrous mad meaningless monstrous moronic nonsensical not deserving belief not possible nuts nutty odd oddball off off the wall open to doubt open to suspicion out out of proportion outlandish outrageous outre oxymoronic paradoxical passing belief passing strange peculiar poppycockish potty preposterous priceless problematic prohibited quaint queer questionable quizzical rich ridiculous risible rubbishy ruled-out screaming self-contradictory senseless silly simple singular skimble-skamble staggering belief strange stupid suspect suspicious tall thick thin trashy twaddling twaddly unbelievable unconvincing unearthly ungodly unimaginable unreasonable unsound unthinkable unworthy of belief vain wacky weird whimsical wild witty wondrous strange |
| absurdity absurdness act of folly aimlessness amphigory anticness babble babblement balderdash bibble-babble bizarreness bizarrerie blabber blather blunder bombast bootlessness claptrap craziness curiousness daftness deformity dottiness double-talk drivel drollery drollness drool dumb trick eccentricity emptiness error fallacy fantasticality fantasticalness fatuity fecklessness fiddle-faddle fiddledeedee flummery folderol folly foolishness freakishness fruitlessness fudge funniness fustian futility gabble galimatias gammon gibber gibberish gibble-gabble gobbledygook grotesqueness grotesquerie hilarity hocus-pocus hollowness hopelessness humbug humorousness illogicality impossibility impossible impossibleness impotence imprudence inanity inconceivability incongruity indiscretion ineffectiveness ineffectuality inefficacy insanity irrationality jabber jargon laughability ludicrousness malformation meaninglessness monstrosity monstrousness mumbo jumbo narrishkeit niaiserie no chance nonsense nonsensicality nugacity nuttiness oddity otiosity outlandishness outrageousness oxymoron pack of nonsense palaver paradox peculiarity pointlessness prate prattle preposterousness pricelessness profitlessness purposelessness quaintness queerness quizzicalness rant rat race richness ridiculousness rigamarole rigmarole rodomontade rubbish self-contradiction senselessness silliness singularity skimble-skamble sottise strangeness stuff and nonsense stultiloquence stupid thing stupidity teratism the absurd the funny side the impossible trash triviality trumpery twaddle twattle twiddle-twaddle unimaginability unproductiveness unprofitability unprofitableness unreasonableness unthinkability unwise step valuelessness vanity vaporing vicious circle waffling weirdness what cannot be what cannot happen whimsicalness wildness witlessness |