1 completely ridiculous; not logical and sensible:
That uniform makes the guards look absurd. * Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea.
2 (the absurd) noun [sing.] things that are or that seem to be absurd:
He has a good sense of the absurd.
absurdity noun [U,C] (plural absurdities):
It was only later that she could see the absurdity of the situation.
absurdly adverb:
The paintings were sold for absurdly high prices.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for absurd is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is absurd a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, absurd is tagged as adjective.
Does absurd appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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