absurd

Meanings

Noun

• a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; --Albert Camus
  • "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"

Adjective Satellite

• inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; - Walter Lippman
  • "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"
• incongruous;inviting ridicule
  • "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"

Synonyms

cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, the absurd