Another word for absurd
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Another word for absurd
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- Silly and ridiculous apply to whatever excites amusement or contempt by reason of extreme foolishness, silly often indicating an utterly nonsensical quality
- Foolish describes that which shows lack of good judgment or of common sense don't take foolish chances
- Preposterous is used to describe anything flagrantly absurd or ludicrous
- Ludicrous is applied to something that provokes laughter or scorn because of incongruity or exaggeration a ludicrous facial expression, a ludicrous suggestion
- Absurd means laughably inconsistent with what is judged as true or reasonable an absurd conclusion
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