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OXYMORONIC Synonyms

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absurd

adjective

adj

noun

• a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

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• inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

• so unreasonable as to invite derision

bizarre

adjective

adj

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• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

conflicting

adjective

adj

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• in disagreement

• on bad terms

contradictory

adjective

adj

noun

• two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

adjective satellite

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

• in disagreement

• unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

counterintuitive

adjective

adj

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• contrary to what common sense would suggest

illogical

adjective

adj

adjective

• lacking in correct logical relation

adjective satellite

• lacking orderly continuity

incomprehensible

adjective

adj

adjective

• incapable of being explained or accounted for

• difficult to understand

inconceivable

adjective

adj

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• totally unlikely

incongruous

adjective

adj

adjective

• lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

inconsistent

adjective

adj

adjective

• displaying a lack of consistency

adjective satellite

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

irrational

adjective

adj

adjective

• not consistent with or using reason

• real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers

noun

• a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

nonsensical

adjective

adj

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• so unreasonable as to invite derision

• having no intelligible meaning

odd

adjective

adj

adjective

• not divisible by two

adjective satellite

• not easily explained

• an indefinite quantity more than that specified

• beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

• of the remaining member of a pair

• not used up

paradoxical

adjective

adj

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• seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

self-contradictory

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

• in disagreement

self-defeating

adjective

adj

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• acting to defeat its own purpose

self-destructive

adjective

adj

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• dangerous to yourself or your interests

strange

adjective

adj

adjective

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

adjective satellite

• not known before

weird

adjective

adj

noun

• fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

adjective satellite

• suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

• strikingly odd or unusual

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