absurd UK /əbˈsɜːd/US /əbˈsɚd/adjective 4noun 2forms 5 adjective4 •so silly or wrong that it makes no sense at allThis proffer is absurd and reasonless. — 1591 •Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe. — 1968 •Dealing with absurdism. •(no longer used) Inharmonious; dissonant. noun2 •The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. •(no longer used) An absurdity. formsabsurds · absurder · more absurd · absurdest · most absurd