absurd

UK /əbˈsɜːd/ US /æbˈsɚd/
adj 4noun 2

Definitions

adj

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

2

Inharmonious; 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.

noun

1

An 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.

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