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

[ Syn: the absurd ]

inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant- Walter Lippman

incongruous;inviting ridicule; the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework; thats a cockeyed idea; ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer; a contribution so small as to be laughable; it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion; a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history; her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

[ Syn: cockeyed , derisory , idiotic , laughable , ludicrous , nonsensical , preposterous , ridiculous ]