Definition of absurd in English:

absurd

adjective əbˈsəːd

1Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
the allegations are patently absurd
Example sentencesExamples
- These notions, as absurd and preposterous as they might seem to us, were taken as gospel truth by millions of pious Christians.
- It was absurd, insane, and downright dangerous, but it was an idea.
- When that happens heads are going to roll even if it happens in such a way so that placing blame is absurd.
- ‘It's an absurd nonsense that Parliament should not sit for two and a half months,’ he says.
- By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety.
- It is absurd to blame schools with high standards for other schools having low standards.
- But the principle is absurd and irrational as far as the international community is concerned.
- It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing.
- That is the sort of absurd nonsense that has been driving the other side of the debate.
- Prime Minister John Howard says the comments are absurd and monstrous.
- Its also absurd to try to blame this on gun-ownership.
- The level of outrage is absurd: it's front page news and questions have been asked in Parliament.
- To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd.
- In my view, his evidence is patently absurd, unreasonable, and not remotely believable.
- However, it is absurd to place primary blame on the players for this situation.
- It's like one of the rules of cross-examination - leave irrational and absurd answers where they lie.
- It would be absurd to blame Vodafone for terrorists chatting across their network.
- It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat.
- This was the sort of absurd nonsense that I had painstakingly ignored all the years of my life, and it had finally come back to haunt me.
- What made him think of such an outrageously absurd idea I can't say for sure.
Synonyms
preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible
idiotic, stupid, foolish, silly, inane, imbecilic, insane, hare-brained
unreasonable, irrational, illogical, nonsensical, pointless, senseless
outrageous, shocking, astonishing, monstrous, fantastic, incongruous, grotesque
unbelievable, incredible, unthinkable, implausible
informal crazy
British informal barmy, daft
1. 1.1 Arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous.
  it may look absurd, but having a treadmill desk could improve your attention span
  Example sentencesExamples
  The reason I was attracted to it in the first place is because people are absurd.
  His grotesque and absurd characters committed gross, outrageous acts.
  He plays the part of the semi-moronic, innocently brutal Quentin with as much conviction as one can muster for such an absurd character.
  It's an absurd ritual, and funny, yet his little trek affords a lovely view and brings him into contact with fellow passers-by.
  The last resort for sticking to production deadlines has obviously been trading humour for outrage, for the movie is as outrageous as it is absurd.
  The likes of me have given up having opinions about the monarchy: cruel to knock them, when everyone knows they're absurd.
  He created an absurd and funny universe that, though ridiculous, always seemed real and sincere.
  The sets were shoddy, the costumes gaudy and sometimes absurd, and the music inappropriate.
  All of Cohen's characters are absurd, and they push people towards extremes on a regular basis.
  It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives.
  The man is completely fearless, has a wildly absurd sense of humor, and is apparently a complete innocent.
  In my endless pursuit of funny stories about Eskimo words for snow, I've found friends who will send me absurd comics about it, too.
  Not surprisingly, there are laughs to be had; wrestlers are, of course, innately absurd figures.
  The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light.
  The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time.
  It was that kind of day: a ridiculous number of substitutions, 19, and an entertaining but equally absurd amount of goals.
  A bizarre, incredibly absurd play which I think failed to hit the mark.
  And on that note, the whole thing about chocolate being good for you is equally absurd.
  The town described by Kipling in Plain Tales from the Hills seemed a wonderfully absurd Victorian fantasy.
  ‘Log’ is a pointless, absurd song, which makes me cry almost every time I hear it.
  I'm all out of amusing anecdotes and absurd ruminations.
  The humorously absurd mood is set up from the start.
  Synonyms
  laughable, ridiculous, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque

noun əbˈsəːd

the absurd

An absurd state of affairs.
the incidents that followed bordered on the absurd
Example sentencesExamples
- Who could this ruthless new satirist be, who had parachuted unannounced into the Scottish media, with so sharp a knife and so keen a sense of the absurd?
- This statement is so untrue that it borders on the absurd.
- It borders on the absurd for the mourner to dance gleefully while his parent lies dead in a fresh grave.
- The advice given to those affected by the potato blight bordered on the absurd.
- Administrative and political life is corrupt, and the bureaucracy often borders on the absurd.
- While such criticism is certainly fair and reasonable, the calls for Little's scalp as manager border on the absurd.
- Martin's presumptuous and unproven speculation borders on the absurd.
- The idea that raw-milk cheese poses a public-health menace in the same category as cigarettes borders on the absurd.
- With its mix of voyeurism, suffering and pointlessness, this is a lovely, mute excursion into the theatre of the absurd.
- His refusal to give de Valera credit for his international diplomacy in the 1930s borders on the absurd.
- So they are forced to construct an ideology of the absurd.
- Security measures for local flights border on the absurd.
- Will anyone else be watching this spectacle of the absurd?
- Yes, well, you often see the absurd in situations that seem quite normal to others.
- When I think of the present it appears to be a drama of the absurd.
- For understandable reasons we prefer to think of ourselves as rational agents who live meaningful lives rather than as muddled actors in a theatre of the absurd.
- It is equally suitable for adults and children, and all it requires is an audience that is prepared to embrace the absurd.
- Others found solace in deep religious faith, or redefined life in terms of the absurd.
- Where it is not downright unpleasant, the situation lapses into the absurd.
- The voice carries an Eastern European's lack of surprise before the trauma of history and an inclination towards the abstract and the absurd.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus 'out of tune', hence 'irrational'; related to surdus 'deaf, dull'.

One sense of the Latin word absurdus was ‘out of tune’, and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. From this Latin sense it developed the meaning ‘out of harmony with reason, irrational’. The term Theatre of the Absurd, describing drama by writers such as Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Eugène Ionesco (1904–1994), and Harold Pinter (1930–2008), was coined by the critic Martin Esslin (1918–2002) in 1961.

Rhymes

bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, nerd, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred, word

Definition of absurd in US English:

absurd

adjective

1Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
the allegations are patently absurd
so you think I'm a spy? How absurd!
she was being absurd—and imagining things
he had a keen eye for the incongruous and the absurd
Example sentencesExamples
- It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing.
- When that happens heads are going to roll even if it happens in such a way so that placing blame is absurd.
- In my view, his evidence is patently absurd, unreasonable, and not remotely believable.
- ‘It's an absurd nonsense that Parliament should not sit for two and a half months,’ he says.
- This was the sort of absurd nonsense that I had painstakingly ignored all the years of my life, and it had finally come back to haunt me.
- These notions, as absurd and preposterous as they might seem to us, were taken as gospel truth by millions of pious Christians.
- Prime Minister John Howard says the comments are absurd and monstrous.
- It is absurd to blame schools with high standards for other schools having low standards.
- It was absurd, insane, and downright dangerous, but it was an idea.
- But the principle is absurd and irrational as far as the international community is concerned.
- It's like one of the rules of cross-examination - leave irrational and absurd answers where they lie.
- It would be absurd to blame Vodafone for terrorists chatting across their network.
- Its also absurd to try to blame this on gun-ownership.
- The level of outrage is absurd: it's front page news and questions have been asked in Parliament.
- What made him think of such an outrageously absurd idea I can't say for sure.
- To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd.
- That is the sort of absurd nonsense that has been driving the other side of the debate.
- It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat.
- However, it is absurd to place primary blame on the players for this situation.
- By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety.
Synonyms
preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible
1. 1.1 Arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous.
  it may look absurd, but having a treadmill desk could improve your attention span
  Example sentencesExamples
  A bizarre, incredibly absurd play which I think failed to hit the mark.
  All of Cohen's characters are absurd, and they push people towards extremes on a regular basis.
  The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time.
  In my endless pursuit of funny stories about Eskimo words for snow, I've found friends who will send me absurd comics about it, too.
  His grotesque and absurd characters committed gross, outrageous acts.
  And on that note, the whole thing about chocolate being good for you is equally absurd.
  It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives.
  The reason I was attracted to it in the first place is because people are absurd.
  He created an absurd and funny universe that, though ridiculous, always seemed real and sincere.
  I'm all out of amusing anecdotes and absurd ruminations.
  He plays the part of the semi-moronic, innocently brutal Quentin with as much conviction as one can muster for such an absurd character.
  The man is completely fearless, has a wildly absurd sense of humor, and is apparently a complete innocent.
  Not surprisingly, there are laughs to be had; wrestlers are, of course, innately absurd figures.
  The town described by Kipling in Plain Tales from the Hills seemed a wonderfully absurd Victorian fantasy.
  The last resort for sticking to production deadlines has obviously been trading humour for outrage, for the movie is as outrageous as it is absurd.
  It's an absurd ritual, and funny, yet his little trek affords a lovely view and brings him into contact with fellow passers-by.
  It was that kind of day: a ridiculous number of substitutions, 19, and an entertaining but equally absurd amount of goals.
  The sets were shoddy, the costumes gaudy and sometimes absurd, and the music inappropriate.
  The likes of me have given up having opinions about the monarchy: cruel to knock them, when everyone knows they're absurd.
  The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light.
  The humorously absurd mood is set up from the start.
  ‘Log’ is a pointless, absurd song, which makes me cry almost every time I hear it.
  Synonyms
  laughable, ridiculous, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’.

单词	absurd
释义	Definition of absurd in English: absurd adjective əbˈsəːd 1Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. the allegations are patently absurd Example sentencesExamples These notions, as absurd and preposterous as they might seem to us, were taken as gospel truth by millions of pious Christians. It was absurd, insane, and downright dangerous, but it was an idea. When that happens heads are going to roll even if it happens in such a way so that placing blame is absurd. ‘It's an absurd nonsense that Parliament should not sit for two and a half months,’ he says. By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety. It is absurd to blame schools with high standards for other schools having low standards. But the principle is absurd and irrational as far as the international community is concerned. It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing. That is the sort of absurd nonsense that has been driving the other side of the debate. Prime Minister John Howard says the comments are absurd and monstrous. Its also absurd to try to blame this on gun-ownership. The level of outrage is absurd: it's front page news and questions have been asked in Parliament. To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd. In my view, his evidence is patently absurd, unreasonable, and not remotely believable. However, it is absurd to place primary blame on the players for this situation. It's like one of the rules of cross-examination - leave irrational and absurd answers where they lie. It would be absurd to blame Vodafone for terrorists chatting across their network. It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat. This was the sort of absurd nonsense that I had painstakingly ignored all the years of my life, and it had finally come back to haunt me. What made him think of such an outrageously absurd idea I can't say for sure. Synonyms preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible idiotic, stupid, foolish, silly, inane, imbecilic, insane, hare-brained unreasonable, irrational, illogical, nonsensical, pointless, senseless outrageous, shocking, astonishing, monstrous, fantastic, incongruous, grotesque unbelievable, incredible, unthinkable, implausible informal crazy British informal barmy, daft 1.1 Arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous. it may look absurd, but having a treadmill desk could improve your attention span Example sentencesExamples The reason I was attracted to it in the first place is because people are absurd. His grotesque and absurd characters committed gross, outrageous acts. He plays the part of the semi-moronic, innocently brutal Quentin with as much conviction as one can muster for such an absurd character. It's an absurd ritual, and funny, yet his little trek affords a lovely view and brings him into contact with fellow passers-by. The last resort for sticking to production deadlines has obviously been trading humour for outrage, for the movie is as outrageous as it is absurd. The likes of me have given up having opinions about the monarchy: cruel to knock them, when everyone knows they're absurd. He created an absurd and funny universe that, though ridiculous, always seemed real and sincere. The sets were shoddy, the costumes gaudy and sometimes absurd, and the music inappropriate. All of Cohen's characters are absurd, and they push people towards extremes on a regular basis. It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives. The man is completely fearless, has a wildly absurd sense of humor, and is apparently a complete innocent. In my endless pursuit of funny stories about Eskimo words for snow, I've found friends who will send me absurd comics about it, too. Not surprisingly, there are laughs to be had; wrestlers are, of course, innately absurd figures. The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light. The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time. It was that kind of day: a ridiculous number of substitutions, 19, and an entertaining but equally absurd amount of goals. A bizarre, incredibly absurd play which I think failed to hit the mark. And on that note, the whole thing about chocolate being good for you is equally absurd. The town described by Kipling in Plain Tales from the Hills seemed a wonderfully absurd Victorian fantasy. ‘Log’ is a pointless, absurd song, which makes me cry almost every time I hear it. I'm all out of amusing anecdotes and absurd ruminations. The humorously absurd mood is set up from the start. Synonyms laughable, ridiculous, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque noun əbˈsəːd the absurd An absurd state of affairs. the incidents that followed bordered on the absurd Example sentencesExamples Who could this ruthless new satirist be, who had parachuted unannounced into the Scottish media, with so sharp a knife and so keen a sense of the absurd? This statement is so untrue that it borders on the absurd. It borders on the absurd for the mourner to dance gleefully while his parent lies dead in a fresh grave. The advice given to those affected by the potato blight bordered on the absurd. Administrative and political life is corrupt, and the bureaucracy often borders on the absurd. While such criticism is certainly fair and reasonable, the calls for Little's scalp as manager border on the absurd. Martin's presumptuous and unproven speculation borders on the absurd. The idea that raw-milk cheese poses a public-health menace in the same category as cigarettes borders on the absurd. With its mix of voyeurism, suffering and pointlessness, this is a lovely, mute excursion into the theatre of the absurd. His refusal to give de Valera credit for his international diplomacy in the 1930s borders on the absurd. So they are forced to construct an ideology of the absurd. Security measures for local flights border on the absurd. Will anyone else be watching this spectacle of the absurd? Yes, well, you often see the absurd in situations that seem quite normal to others. When I think of the present it appears to be a drama of the absurd. For understandable reasons we prefer to think of ourselves as rational agents who live meaningful lives rather than as muddled actors in a theatre of the absurd. It is equally suitable for adults and children, and all it requires is an audience that is prepared to embrace the absurd. Others found solace in deep religious faith, or redefined life in terms of the absurd. Where it is not downright unpleasant, the situation lapses into the absurd. The voice carries an Eastern European's lack of surprise before the trauma of history and an inclination towards the abstract and the absurd. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus 'out of tune', hence 'irrational'; related to surdus 'deaf, dull'. One sense of the Latin word absurdus was ‘out of tune’, and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. From this Latin sense it developed the meaning ‘out of harmony with reason, irrational’. The term Theatre of the Absurd, describing drama by writers such as Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Eugène Ionesco (1904–1994), and Harold Pinter (1930–2008), was coined by the critic Martin Esslin (1918–2002) in 1961. Rhymes bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, nerd, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred, word Definition of absurd in US English: absurd adjective 1Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. the allegations are patently absurd so you think I'm a spy? How absurd! she was being absurd—and imagining things he had a keen eye for the incongruous and the absurd Example sentencesExamples It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing. When that happens heads are going to roll even if it happens in such a way so that placing blame is absurd. In my view, his evidence is patently absurd, unreasonable, and not remotely believable. ‘It's an absurd nonsense that Parliament should not sit for two and a half months,’ he says. This was the sort of absurd nonsense that I had painstakingly ignored all the years of my life, and it had finally come back to haunt me. These notions, as absurd and preposterous as they might seem to us, were taken as gospel truth by millions of pious Christians. Prime Minister John Howard says the comments are absurd and monstrous. It is absurd to blame schools with high standards for other schools having low standards. It was absurd, insane, and downright dangerous, but it was an idea. But the principle is absurd and irrational as far as the international community is concerned. It's like one of the rules of cross-examination - leave irrational and absurd answers where they lie. It would be absurd to blame Vodafone for terrorists chatting across their network. Its also absurd to try to blame this on gun-ownership. The level of outrage is absurd: it's front page news and questions have been asked in Parliament. What made him think of such an outrageously absurd idea I can't say for sure. To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd. That is the sort of absurd nonsense that has been driving the other side of the debate. It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat. However, it is absurd to place primary blame on the players for this situation. By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety. Synonyms preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible 1.1 Arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous. it may look absurd, but having a treadmill desk could improve your attention span Example sentencesExamples A bizarre, incredibly absurd play which I think failed to hit the mark. All of Cohen's characters are absurd, and they push people towards extremes on a regular basis. The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time. In my endless pursuit of funny stories about Eskimo words for snow, I've found friends who will send me absurd comics about it, too. His grotesque and absurd characters committed gross, outrageous acts. And on that note, the whole thing about chocolate being good for you is equally absurd. It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives. The reason I was attracted to it in the first place is because people are absurd. He created an absurd and funny universe that, though ridiculous, always seemed real and sincere. I'm all out of amusing anecdotes and absurd ruminations. He plays the part of the semi-moronic, innocently brutal Quentin with as much conviction as one can muster for such an absurd character. The man is completely fearless, has a wildly absurd sense of humor, and is apparently a complete innocent. Not surprisingly, there are laughs to be had; wrestlers are, of course, innately absurd figures. The town described by Kipling in Plain Tales from the Hills seemed a wonderfully absurd Victorian fantasy. The last resort for sticking to production deadlines has obviously been trading humour for outrage, for the movie is as outrageous as it is absurd. It's an absurd ritual, and funny, yet his little trek affords a lovely view and brings him into contact with fellow passers-by. It was that kind of day: a ridiculous number of substitutions, 19, and an entertaining but equally absurd amount of goals. The sets were shoddy, the costumes gaudy and sometimes absurd, and the music inappropriate. The likes of me have given up having opinions about the monarchy: cruel to knock them, when everyone knows they're absurd. The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light. The humorously absurd mood is set up from the start. ‘Log’ is a pointless, absurd song, which makes me cry almost every time I hear it. Synonyms laughable, ridiculous, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’.
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