absurd

absurd is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
2. noun. An absurdity.
3. noun. a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless--Albert Camus

   "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"

4. adjective. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense- Walter Lippman

   "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"

5. adjective. incongruous;inviting ridicule

   "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"

   "that's a cockeyed idea"

   Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

Synonyms

cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

Common word forms

absurds, absurder, absurdly, absurdest, absurdity, absurdness

Words from these letters

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