RIDICULOUS

pathetic, ridiculous, silly

(adjective) inspiring scornful pity; “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years”- Dashiell Hammett

farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous

(adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; “the wild farcical exuberance of a clown”; “ludicrous green hair”

absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

(adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision; “the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”; “that’s a cockeyed idea”; “ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer”; “a contribution so small as to be laughable”; “it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion”; “a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history”; “her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ridiculous (comparative more ridiculous, superlative most ridiculous)

Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

Astonishing; unbelievable.

Synonyms

• silly

• willy nilly

• frivolous

• goofy

• funny

• humorous

• absurd

• odd

• surreal

• unreasonable

• See also absurd

Antonyms

• straightforward

• serious

• somber

• solemn

Source: Wiktionary

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Ri*dic"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible.]

1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior. Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton.

2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [r.] [It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. Shak.

Syn.

– Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous. --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv.

– Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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