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Definition: Absurdness |
AbsurdnessNoun1. A message whose content is at variance with reason. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AbsurdnessSynonyms: absurdity (n), ridiculousness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absurdity | Noun: absurdity, absurdness; Adjective: imbecility; alogy, nonsense, utter nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; stultiloquy, stultiloquence; nugacity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "absurdness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | абсурдност (absurdity, ineptitude, nonsense, unreason). (various references) | |
German | Sinnwidrigkeit. (various references) | |
Greek | παραλογισμόσ (aberration, absurdity, irrationality, mental aberration, nonsense, paralogism, preposterousness, senselessness, unreasonableness), ατοπία (absurdity). (various references) | |
Italian | assurdita\ (absurdities, nonsense), assurdit (absurdity). (various references) | |
Manx | meecheeayllid (absurdity, idiocy, imbecility, madness, silliness, simpleness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absurdnessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | absurdidade (absurdity). (various references) | |
Russian | нелепость (absurdity, foolishness). (various references) | |
Spanish | absurdo (absurd, absurdity, absurdum, blah, blether, farce, farcical, incongruous, irrational, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, screwy, silly, wacky), absurdidad (absurdity). (various references) | |
Swedish | absurditet (absurdity, incongruity). (various references) | |
Turkish | anlamsızlık (absurdity, barrenness, fatuity, frivolity, inanity, incoherence, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpressiveness, insignificance, insignificancy, nonsensicalness, nothingness, ridiculousness, unreason, vacuity), akılsızlık (fatuity, fatuousness, imprudence, stupidity, unreason, unwisdom, vacancy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нісенітність (absurdity), абсурдність (absurdity), безглуздість (absurdity, foolishness, foppery, impertinence, inanity, senselessness), дурниця (absurdity, applesauce, balderdash, ballyhoo, bosh, buncombe, froth, humbug, mush, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, porridge, rigmarole, rubbish, sappiness, shucks, slum, trash, tripe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "absurdness": absurdnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Absurdness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absurdest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "absurdness" (pronounced 'Ab*surd"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-n-r-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: assureds, danseurs, drabness, rubasses, sandburs, subdeans, sundress, surbased, surbases. | |
-3 letters: absurds, abusers, assured, assures, asunder, badness, banders, brassed, brasses, burdens, danseur, daubers, rubasse, sadness, sandbur, sanders, sarsens, serdabs, subdean, sudsers, sundaes, sunders, surbase, unbased, unbears, undress. | |
-4 letters: absurd, abused, abuser, abuses, anuses, ardebs, assure, bander, bardes, basses, beards, brands, breads, burans, burden, burned. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-n-r-s-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: absurdnesses. | |
+3 letters: durablenesses. | |
+4 letters: obduratenesses. | |
+5 letters: subordinateness, undesirableness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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