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ridiculous

[ ri-dik-yuh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable:

    a ridiculous plan.

    Synonyms: farcical, comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, nonsensical

    Antonyms: sensible

  2. Slang. absurdly or unbelievably good, bad, crazy, etc.:

    The concert was ridiculous, their best performance ever!



ridiculous

/ rɪˈdɪkjʊləs /

adjective

  1. worthy of or exciting ridicule; absurd, preposterous, laughable, or contemptible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • riˈdiculously, adverb
  • riˈdiculousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • ri·dic·u·lous·ly adverb
  • ri·dic·u·lous·ness ri·dic·u·los·i·ty [ri-dik-y, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
  • hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous adjective
  • hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous·ly adverb
  • qua·si-ri·dic·u·lous adjective
  • qua·si-ri·dic·u·lous·ly adverb
  • un·ri·dic·u·lous adjective
  • un·ri·dic·u·lous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ridiculous1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Late Latin rīdiculōsus “laughable, droll,” equivalent to Latin rīdicul(us), adjective derivative of rīdiculum ridicule ( def ) + -ōsus -ous ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ridiculous1

C16: from Latin rīdiculōsus , from rīdēre to laugh
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Idioms and Phrases

see from the ridiculous to the sublime .
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Synonym Study

See absurd.
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Example Sentences

Some of it has to be attributed to the ridiculous offensive environment we have seen in the bubble.

In my driveway during lunchtime I felt ridiculous swinging a kettlebell.

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We’re coming up with such a ridiculous answer that it really forces us to reinvestigate every single assumption that we made along the way to get there.

The telltale sign of these problems is that models claiming to predict past elections extremely well often produce inaccurate — or even ridiculous — answers when applied to elections in which the result is unknown ahead of time.

Shepard said he’s always dismissed allegations of voter fraud through mail voting as ridiculous, based on the validation steps followed by registrars in California, and by San Diego Registrar Michael Vu in particular.

As it turns out, though, cartoon curmudgeons get the best, most ridiculous lines.

Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”

It was fearless and raunchy and fun and ridiculous and weird and feminist and powerful.

Marriage is a bond and a commitment—marrying yourself is ridiculous because you are already married to yourself.

Are the standards for female beauty in Hollywood ridiculous?

This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

I do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.

This was such a ridiculous idea that Davy threw back his head, and laughed long and loud.

In case any reader should hastily exclaim, “What a ridiculous question; there can be only one southward!”

Her directness had made all possible 'buts' seem ridiculous and futile, and had made the expression of curiosity seem offensive.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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