Synonyms for the absurd
the absurd

Princeton's WordNet

1. absurd, the absurdnoun

   a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

   "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus

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1. • Situation

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1. Prince Faisal:

   I think absurd is exactly the right word, the idea that the crown prince would hack Jeff Bezos' phone is absolutely silly.

2. Von Spakovsky:

   I mean, some of the restrictions are just absurd: For example, if you register to vote and then you don't vote for the next 50 years, they still can't take you off the list.

3. Geoff Ogilvy:

   I thought it was ridiculous that we played golf on a piece of land like this, it was just absurd. From the 17th tee to the first green, what is that, 1,000 feet ? Geoff Ogilvy think 10( tee) at Augusta to the 11th green, that's not even half of 17 here. I though the course was cool to not have a scorecard in Geoff Ogilvy hand. Nobody plays really well their first time, I don't think. It's pretty extreme.

4. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The American people are watching this spectacle. I'm told the futures market is down 5 %, the notion that we have time to play games here with the American economy and The American people is utterly absurd.

5. Thomas Mann:

   Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.