ABSURD

• (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

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

  synonyms : the absurd

• (adj.) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

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

• (adj.) incongruous;inviting ridicule

  "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework", "that's a cockeyed idea", "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer", "a contribution so small as to be laughable", "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion", "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history", "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

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

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