absurd
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
See all 6 pronunciations Show less
Definition of absurd
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
-
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
“This proffer is absurd and reasonless.”
“'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great”
““Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.”
“I know it sounds absurd / But please, tell me who I am”
See all 6 definitions Show less
adj
-
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
“This proffer is absurd and reasonless.”
“'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great”
““Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.”
“I know it sounds absurd / But please, tell me who I am”
- (obsolete)Inharmonious; dissonant.
-
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
“Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.”
- Dealing with absurdism.
noun
- (obsolete)An absurdity.
- The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.
Words you can make from absurd
68 playable · top: BARDS (8 pts)
Best play bards 8 points5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
27 words3-letter words
23 words2-letter words
7 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to absurd to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with absurd
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes absurd, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.