absurd
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əbˈsɜːd//
- United Kingdom//əbˈzɜːd//
- Canada//əbˈsɚd//
- Canada//əbˈzɚd//
- Canada//æbˈsɚd//
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
adjective
- 1
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
This proffer is absurd and reasonless.
'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great
“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
I know it sounds absurd / But please, tell me who I am
- 2
obsoleteInharmonious; dissonant.
- 3
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.
- 4
Dealing with absurdism.
Etymology
First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn absurdity.
- 2
The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
Forms
- plural
- absurds
- comparative
- absurder, more absurd
- superlative
- absurdest, most absurd
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