absurd
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 3 meanings
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.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
Dealing with absurdism.
Noun 1 meaning
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.
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.
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ABSURD at a glance
ABSURD has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (A 1 + B 3 + S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,522 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with absurd
All rhymes- CURD7
- GOURD7
- BURD7
- SURD5
- BOURD8
- COURD8
- FAURD9
- NURD5
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