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absurder

absurder is the comparative form of absurd.

Meaning of absurd

Adjective

absurd (comparative absurder or more absurd, superlative absurdest or most absurd)

  1. 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.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
  3. 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.1968 March 2, Joseph Featherstone, “A New Kind of Schooling”, in The New Republic
  4. Dealing with absurdism.

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Questions about absurder

What is absurder the comparative form of?
Absurder is the comparative form of absurd.

Words near absurder in the dictionary

  1. absumes
  2. absuming
  3. absumption
  4. absurd
  5. absurda
  6. absurder
  7. absurdest
  8. absurdification
  9. absurdified
  10. absurdifies
  11. absurdify

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