absurd
Meaning of absurd
adjective
- wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
the allegations are patently absurd
- an absurd state of affairs.
the incidents that followed bordered on the absurd
mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’.
Information about absurd
- The plural form of absurd is: absurds.
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CatalanHyphenation of absurd
ab-surd
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- absurd is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
absurd synonyms
Meaning cockeyed:
cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
Meaning relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects:
Meaning provoking laughter through being ludicrous:
Meaning having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense:
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish:
Meaning lacking sense or meaning; silly:
Meaning extremely foolish; irrational:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning not logical or reasonable:
Meaning lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning:
Meaning having little or no sense, use, or purpose:
Meaning lacking common sense; wildly foolish:
Meaning shockingly bad or excessive:
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning extremely surprising or impressive; amazing:
Meaning having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster:
Meaning imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality:
Meaning not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something:
Meaning comically or repulsively ugly or distorted:
Meaning not able to be believed; unlikely to be true:
Meaning impossible to believe:
Meaning (of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility:
Meaning (of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince:
Meaning foolish:
Meaning extremely foolish:
Meaning silly; foolish:
absurd antonyms
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit:
Translation of absurd
Words that rhyme with absurd
surd, superabsurd, unabsurd, assurd
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