Absurd
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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
(2) 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"
noun
(3) A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from + . Probably derived from the root ; not connected with surd: compare French absurde.
Adjective
- Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous.
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- This proffer is absurd and reasonless. - Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, V-iv
- This phrase absurd to call a villain great. - Alexander Pope
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Usage notes
- Said of people, opinions, dreams, etc.
Among the synonyms:
- Irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life.
- Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises.
- Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc.
- Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;" as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law.
Synonyms
- foolish, irrational, ridiculous, preposterous, inconsistent, incongruous, ludicrous
- See also Wikisaurus:absurd
Noun
- An absurdity. — Alexander Pope
- (with the) That which is absurd.
Adjective
- absurd
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Noun
- nonsense
- Jego propozycje to jeden wielki absurd.
- His suggestions are one big nonsense.
- Jego propozycje to jeden wielki absurd.