What is the meaning of absurd?

noun

• A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless."The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth-Albert Camus
  • synonyms: the absurd

adjective

• Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense. "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant- Walter Lippman
• Incongruous; inviting ridicule.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous