Definition of absurd

• a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
• 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; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "thats 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"