| absurd | | |
| n. (state) | 1. absurd, the absurd | a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless.; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth" |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| adj. | 2. absurd | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant" |
| ~ illogical, unlogical | lacking in correct logical relation. |
| adj. | 3. absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous | incongruous;inviting ridicule.; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| silly | | |
| n. (person) | 1. silly | a word used for misbehaving children.; "don't be a silly" |
| ~ child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, nestling, shaver, small fry, tike, fry, tyke | a young person of either sex.; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" |
| adj. | 2. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany | ludicrous, foolish.; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| adj. | 3. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly | lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" |
| ~ frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior.; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" |
| adj. | 4. pathetic, ridiculous, silly | inspiring scornful pity.; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years" |
| ~ undignified | lacking dignity. |
| adj. | 5. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy | dazed from or as if from repeated blows.; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ confused | mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently.; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" |
| baloney | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle | pretentious or silly talk or writing. |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| nonsense | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness | a message whose content is at variance with reason. |
| ~ amphigory, nonsense verse | nonsensical writing (usually verse). |
| ~ balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle | trivial nonsense. |
| ~ buzzword, cant | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition. |
| ~ cobblers | nonsense.; "I think that is a load of cobblers" |
| ~ crock | nonsense; foolish talk.; "that's a crock" |
| ~ fa la, fal la | meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong. |
| ~ gibber, gibberish | unintelligible talking. |
| ~ unintelligibility, incoherence, incoherency | nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible. |
| ~ jabberwocky | nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll). |
| ~ mummery, flummery | meaningless ceremonies and flattery. |
| ~ empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk.; "mere rhetoric" |
| ~ rigamarole, rigmarole | a set of confused and meaningless statements. |
| ~ schmegegge, shmegegge | (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense. |
| ~ hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff | senseless talk.; "don't give me that stuff" |
| ~ baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle | pretentious or silly talk or writing. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery | ornamental objects of no great value. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| adj. | 3. nonsense, nonsensical | having no intelligible meaning.; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" |
| ~ meaningless, nonmeaningful | having no meaning or direction or purpose.; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation" |
| insane | | |
| adj. | 1. insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| ~ irrational | not consistent with or using reason.; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals" |
| ~ unreasonable | not reasonable; not showing good judgment. |
| ~ amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed | frenzied as if possessed by a demon.; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
| ~ around the bend, balmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, barmy, fruity, loopy, nutty, wacky, whacky, cracked | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.; "it used to drive my husband balmy" |
| ~ brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, mad, unbalanced, sick, disturbed | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ certifiable, certified | fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly). |
| ~ crackbrained, idiotic | insanely irresponsible.; "an idiotic idea" |
| ~ crazed, deranged, half-crazed | driven insane. |
| ~ fey, touched | slightly insane. |
| ~ hebephrenic | suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior. |
| ~ lunatic, moonstruck | insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon. |
| ~ maniac, maniacal | wildly disordered.; "a maniacal frenzy" |
| ~ manic-depressive | suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression. |
| ~ maniclike | resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness. |
| ~ mentally ill, unsound, unstable | suffering from severe mental illness.; "of unsound mind" |
| ~ non compos mentis, of unsound mind | not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial. |
| ~ paranoid | suffering from paranoia. |
| ~ psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological | suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder. |
| ~ psychotic | characteristic of or suffering from psychosis. |
| ~ raving mad, wild | talking or behaving irrationally.; "a raving lunatic" |
| ~ schizophrenic | suffering from some form of schizophrenia.; "schizophrenic patients" |
| ~ screw-loose, screwy | not behaving normally. |
| adj. | 2. harebrained, insane, mad | very foolish.; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| mad | | |
| adj. | 1. huffy, mad, sore | roused to anger.; "stayed huffy a good while"; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ angry | feeling or showing anger.; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
| adj. | 2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| adj. | 3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" |
| ~ wild | marked by extreme lack of restraint or control.; "wild talk"; "wild parties" |
| rabid | | |
| adj. (pertain) | 1. rabid | of or infected by rabies. |
| adj. | 2. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.; "rabid isolationist" |
| ~ passionate | having or expressing strong emotions. |
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