Antonyms for more absurd

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ab-surd, -zurd

Phonetic Transcription : æbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrd

Definition of more absurd

Origin : 1550s, from Middle French absurde (16c.), from Latin absurdus "out of tune; foolish" (see absurdity). The main modern sense (also present in Latin) is a figurative one, "out of harmony with reason or propriety." Related: Absurdly; absurdness.

adj ridiculous, senseless

Example sentences :

Nothing could be more absurd than to call Shelley a Pantheist.
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

The more absurd the reports, the more credence did they gain.
Extract from : « Quotes and Images From "Celebrated Crimes" » by Alexander Dumas, Pere

Nothing can be more absurd than to oppose the love of country to the love of race.
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

Nothing could be more absurd, he asserted, than to imagine such a thing.
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

It was difficult to say whether he was more absurd than cruel or more cruel than absurd.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

I'll tell you a case, which was, however, more absurd than anything else.
Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever

Could there be a more absurd application of a Scripture passage?
Extract from : « Usury » by Calvin Elliott

Nothing could be more absurd and grotesque than the figures who formed his court.
Extract from : « Great African Travellers » by W.H.G. Kingston

Nothing could be more absurd than the modus operandi of your missionary.
Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore

Yet more absurd in the ears of this class is the saying that we must be born of God.
Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

Synonyms for more absurd

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