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absurdo
A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless.
the absurd
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absurdo
Incongruous; inviting ridicule.
ridiculous
ludicrous
preposterous
idiotic
laughable
nonsensical
derisory
cockeyed
foolish
ridiculous
ludicrous
preposterous
idiotic
laughable
1
No, not
ridiculous
;
only a simple idea, and great in its simplicity.
2
The mountains are in labor, a
ridiculous
mouse will be brought forth.
3
We eternally step from the sublime to the
ridiculous
;
we want taste.
4
His idealism had made him
ridiculous
in the eyes of the townsfolk.
5
The scene was interrupted in an unexpected and
ridiculous
manner-thetelephone rang.
1
MURRAY: The thought of that happening in my family was completely
ludicrous
.
2
Alas nowadays health and safety and
ludicrous
red tape has hampered stuntsters.
3
Some great saves, some
ludicrous
decisions coming off his line as well.
4
It might seem
ludicrous
but football is an impatient business these days.
5
The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was
ludicrous
in itself.
1
Simply, as she thought that
preposterous
idea, it began to take shape.
2
Or perhaps I never really believed that the
preposterous
toy would work.
3
But, in recent years, the documentary competition has been almost as
preposterous
.
4
To a gringo such a thing sounds
preposterous
,
impossible, am I right?
5
No idea was too
preposterous
;
and not one of them bore fruit.
1
There's a great deal more of this
idiotic
list-making still to come.
2
There's a YouTube video already, of course, and the inevitable
idiotic
comments.
3
For example, check out this
idiotic
exchange on the blog The Intersection.
4
I lose it in the vulgarest way-andsay the most
idiotic
things.
5
I say
idiotic
because, already, science can replicate meat using plant-based proteins.
1
He finds
laughable
the idea that political freedom is a Western construct.
2
That is the
laughable
idea the Turnbull government would have you believe.
3
Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and
laughable
.
4
North Korea has dismissed the offer of multilateral security guarantees as
laughable
.
5
He could see nothing
laughable
about the desperate situation in the district.
1
A moment later, Sam heard Tricia's whispered voice, crooning sympathetic,
nonsensical
words.
2
They take place in a constant, denatured present and are often
nonsensical
.
3
The failings were unacceptable and the lack of testing
nonsensical
,
she said.
4
Text from both the original and wannabe software often makes
nonsensical
leaps.
5
It was a
nonsensical
plan, like millions of others made that day.
1
Those bids were immediately rejected out of hand as
derisory
and insulting.
2
All they offered was a
derisory
non-naming rights option as an alternative.
3
That
derisory
fee doesn't cut any mustard with old Steve Coppell though.
4
He's taken the
derisory
offer in order to build up his work experience.
5
The article says, for instance Sinn Fein might well receive a
derisory
vote.
1
His ex-wife espoused a
cockeyed
fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
2
His
cockeyed
version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
3
In the end he left the post standing
cockeyed
in the stream.
4
We'll put it this way, to start: Something
cockeyed
is going on.
5
Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly
cockeyed
.
Absurd.
illogical
unlogical
1
Looked at from our point of view the problems were quite
absurd
.
2
This approach and the list of functions was of course completely
absurd
.
3
The position of Germany, the euro zone's main lender, is increasingly
absurd
.
4
Of course Martin had been broken; it was
absurd
to think otherwise.
5
Perhaps the situation was just too
absurd
for him to take seriously.
6
Of course such thinking is
absurd
,
but it happens all the time.
7
Barnett has a great way of mixing understatement with completely
absurd
situations.
8
Even five years ago the idea would have been dismissed as
absurd
.
9
Wired: Gervais takes tack-sharp aim at all things
absurd
-including himself.
10
I don't understand how you're asked to believe things that are
absurd
.
11
You need not fear though, Two. But, of course, this was
absurd
.
12
This means Labour should be backing
absurd
schemes like free schools, presumably.
13
Don't be
absurd
-
I
'd
never
let myself be seen with him in public.
14
It's an almost
absurd
contrast from where we were a year go.
15
The idea may seem
absurd
,
yet it is rooted in sound science.
16
Molly, I want you to give up this
absurd
idea right now.
absurd
so absurd
too absurd
more absurd
as absurd
very absurd
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