absurdness

noun

Definition of absurdnessnext
as in craziness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdness
  1. craziness
  2. idiocy
  3. absurdity
  4. madness
  5. witlessness
  6. foolishness
  7. senselessness
  8. inanity
Noun
  • Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, 1982 Before the kids, the craziness and the reality show, the head-over-heels Brits tied the knot in Maui, Hawaii.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • The forecast for Thursday calls for craziness.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of craziness
Noun
  • My favorite thing in the world to watch or try to do is somebody who has full confidence in their idiocy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
    — Susan Shelley, Daily News, 13 May 2026
Definition of idiocy
Noun
  • All of this absurdity is underscored by the fact that James chose the Sixers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • All sorts of factors—religious fervor, drug trips, the absurdities of aging—an unmoor a person’s mind and spirit.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • Their win was a victory for method over the madness that always threatened to be Argentina’s undoing.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Only readers can stop this madness, by turning their attention elsewhere.
    — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of witlessness
Noun
  • Any larger Hollywood studio would have likely insisted on a grander finale, but The Death of Robin Hood, produced by A24, left me pondering the foolishness of my need for such a denouement.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The popular Instagram page @touronsofnationalparks is known for spotlighting the foolishness of people in national parks.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • There is, of course, a strong current of senselessness running through the film.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In 2018, Brennan’s sister spoke to WMUR about the senselessness of the murder.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of senselessness
Noun
  • But the flight to extremism, and the metastasizing inanity, is a two-party problem, and those of us who are Democrats and who care about the importance of regrowing the dormant (if not dead) political center have an obligation to try to do something about it.
    — Jeffrey Robbins, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of inanity
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