absurd in WordNet English dictionary

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

1. incongruous;inviting ridicule
   "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"
   absurd  cockeyed  derisory  idiotic  laughable  ludicrous  nonsensical  preposterous  ridiculous 
   
2. 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
   absurd