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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•surd /æbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrd/USA pronunciation adj. - without sense or logic;
contrary to all reason or common sense:Buying outdated computers now is clearly absurd.
ab•surd•i•ty, n., pl. -ties. [uncountable]the absurdity of paying taxes twice.[countable]full of jokes and other absurdities.ab•surd•ly, adv. ab•surd•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•surd (ab sûrd′, -zûrd′),USA pronunciation adj. - utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue;
contrary to all reason or common sense;
laughably foolish or false:an absurd explanation.
n. - the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- Latin absurdus out of tune, uncouth, ridiculous. See ab-, surd
- 1550–60
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged irrational, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical. Absurd, ridiculous, preposterous all mean inconsistent with reason or common sense. Absurd means utterly opposed to truth or reason:an absurd claim.Ridiculous implies that something is fit only to be laughed at, perhaps contemptuously:a ridiculous suggestion.Preposterous implies an extreme of foolishness:a preposterous proposal.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged logical, sensible.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: absurd /əbˈsɜːd/ adj - at variance with reason; manifestly false
- ludicrous; ridiculous
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Latin absurdus dissonant, senseless, from ab-1 (intensive) + surdus dull-sounding, indistinctabˈsurdity, abˈsurdness n abˈsurdly adv |