Dictionary entry
The absurd
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
(n) ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ်နိုင်သောအရာ။
Definition
absurd / ǝb'sɜ:d / adj ၁။ ျဖစ္ႏိုင္ေျခမရိွေသာ။ အဓိပၸာယ္ မရိွ ေသာ။ What an absurd idea! ❍ It was absurd of you to suggest such a thing. ၂။ ကိုး႐ိုးကားရားႏိုင္ေသာ။ ရယ္ဖြယ္ ျဖစ္ေသာ။ That uniform makes them look absurd. ❏ the absurd n [sing] ကတ္သီးကတ္သတ္ႏိုင္ေသာအရာ။ her sense of the absurd ❍ Some of his criticisms verge on the absurd.
Examples
- She makes the most absurd claims about her past achievements.
- [it is absurd to do something] : It’s completely absurd to suggest that we shouldn’t test students.
- Don’t be absurd – you’re just worrying about nothing.
- [to absurd lengths] : Jack goes to absurd lengths to prove his point.
- She has a wonderfully absurd sense of humour.
- He’s beginning to realize the absurdity of the situation.