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1) (a piece of) amusing writing intended to make a person or idea etc appear foolish or absurd (satire)

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Meaning:
asinine

(of a person, remark) very stupid

senseless

cock-eyed

croocked; turned or twisted to one side

crooked, askew

comical

amusing; odd

amusing

daft

silly; foolish

stupid; crazy

dotty

mad; eccentric

crazy

extravagant

(in the habit of) wasting money etc; (of ideas, speech, behaviour) going beyond what is reasonable; not properly controlled

indulgent, wasteful

fanciful

(of a person) led by imagination instead of reason and experience

imaginary, romantic

fantastic

wild and strange; impossible to carry out

strange, different; imaginary

fatuous

foolish (and showing self-importance)

stupid

foolish

without reason, sense or good judgement; silly

nonsensical, idiotic

funny

causing fun or laughter

comical, humorous

grotesque

strange, ugly and unnatural

ugly, misshapen

illogical

without, contrary to, logic

not making sense

impossible

not possible; that cannot be put up with

beyond the bounds of possibility

impossible

that which is not possible

beyond the bounds of possibility

impractical

not sensible because not doing well or achieving that which is intended

unrealistic

inane

silly

stupid

incredible

(almost) impossible to believe (because shocking); very surprising

beyond belief

irrational

without the power to reason; absurd, not reasonable

illogical, senseless

laughable

amusing; ridiculous

easily made fun of

laughing

showing amusement

laughable

lunatic

a foolish person

crazy, mad

mad

mentally ill; very excited; filled with great enthusiasm

crazy, insane

nutty

tasting, looking, like nuts; mad; crazy

deranged

pointless

with little or no sense, aim or purpose

ridiculous, senseless

potty

unimportant; insignificant; mad; a child's pot used as a toilet

insane

preposterous

completely impossible or ridiculous

ridiculous, bizarre

ridiculous

deserving to be laughed at; foolish

stupid, funny

senseless

foolish

silly, meaningless

slapstick

comedy using practical jokes

comical

unearthly

mysterious; ghostly; unreasonable

supernatural; very strange

unlikely

not likely to happen or be true

not probable

unreasonable

not reasonable; excessive

not logical or sensible

unthinkable

not to be considered

incredible, unusual

unworkable

not practicable

impossible

ABSURD as in Wiktionary
ABSURD as in Wikipedia