absurd

absurd /əb'sə:d/
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    • vô lý
    • ngu xuẩn, ngớ ngẩn; buồn cười, lố bịch
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  • ad absurd: đến chỗ vô lý
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    Xem thêm: the absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous



    absurd

    Từ điển Collocation

    absurd adj.

    VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become | find sth She found the whole concept faintly absurd.

    ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, utterly | clearly, manifestly, patently | faintly, rather, slightly, somewhat | wonderfully

    PHRASES a sense of the absurd His sense of the absurd kept him from becoming too solemn.

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

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

      adj.

    • 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; cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

      the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework

      that's 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

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: foolish impossible ludicrous ridiculous unbelievable
    ant.: rational reasonable sensible