absurd

adjective/æbˈsɜrd/

Frequency rank: #4,474 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Wildly unreasonable or illogical; ridiculously foolish.

Illustration for the English word “absurd”

Example sentence

It seemed absurd to wait three hours just for a cup of coffee.

Synonyms & related words

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