Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
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.
- 2noun
An absurdity.
- 3noun
a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless--Albert Camus
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
- 4adjective
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"
- 5adjective
incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
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