Ridiculous vs. Absurd
Difference Between Ridiculous and Absurd
Ridiculousadjective
Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
That hairstyle looks ridiculous.It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.Absurdadjective
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Ridiculousadjective
inspiring scornful pity;
how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in yearsAbsurdadjective
(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
Ridiculousadjective
completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;
the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homeworkthat's a cockeyed ideaask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answera contribution so small as to be laughableit is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansiona preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of historyher conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculousAbsurdadjective
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
Ridiculousadjective
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce;
the wild farcical exuberance of a clownludicrous green hairAbsurdadjective
Dealing with absurdism.
Absurdnoun
(obsolete) An absurdity.
Absurdnoun
}} 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. Kierkegaard.}}
Absurdadjective
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense;
the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasantAbsurdadjective
completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;
the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homeworkthat's a cockeyed ideaask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answera contribution so small as to be laughableit is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansiona preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of historyher conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
