"absurd" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

absurd adjetivo

absurd + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 49
absurd situation • absurd idea • absurd thing • absurd notion • absurd story • ...
verbo + absurd
Kolokacji: 5
sound absurd • look absurd • seem absurd • feel absurd • become absurd
adverbio + absurd
Kolokacji: 17
most absurd • patently absurd • totally absurd • absolutely absurd • completely absurd • ...
(1) most, simply, truly
Kolokacji: 3
1. absolutely absurd = kompletny absurd absolutely absurd
2. equally absurd = tak samo absurdalny equally absurd
3. utterly absurd = całkowicie absurdalny utterly absurd
4. faintly absurd = trochę absurdalny faintly absurd
5. increasingly absurd = coraz bardziej absurdalny increasingly absurd
6. comically absurd = komicznie absurd comically absurd
  • Critic Ken Johnson called his collages "formally captivating, dreamily strange and comically absurd."
  • But even she, after a comically absurd imbroglio, will subside back into the humbler world of real names.
  • 'Rubbish' presents a comically absurd account of what happened to the central characters in Brief Encounter after the movie story is over.
  • The notion that our common cultural heritage is locked up in musty old classics that people praise but rarely read is almost comically absurd.
  • The plot's dramatic excesses, which can be comically absurd, take on a brief reality as she dances.
  • The collages are formally captivating, dreamily strange and comically absurd (Johnson).
  • His pidgin letter is comically absurd, but they can't pass up such a splendid opportunity for outrage.
  • The sheer scale of it is comically absurd.
  • Mr. Frears, who has a keen eye for the comically absurd, never underlines unnecessarily.
(4) slightly, somewhat, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
absurd + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
absurd for • absurd to • absurd in • absurd on • absurd of

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