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ridiculous
[ ri-dik-yuh-luhs ]
adjective
- causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable:
a ridiculous plan.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- Slang. absurdly or unbelievably good, bad, crazy, etc.:
The concert was ridiculous, their best performance ever!
ridiculous
/ ɪˈɪʊə /
adjective
- worthy of or exciting ridicule; absurd, preposterous, laughable, or contemptible
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱ܱdzܲ, adverb
- ˈ徱ܱdzܲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·徱··dzܲ· adverb
- ·徱··dzܲ·Ա ·徱··Dz··ٲ [ri-dik-y, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
- ···徱··dzܲ adjective
- hy·per··徱··dzܲ· adverb
- ܲ·-·徱··dzܲ adjective
- qua·si-·徱··dzܲ· adverb
- ܲ··徱··dzܲ adjective
- un··徱··dzܲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridiculous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridiculous1
Idioms and Phrases
see from the ridiculous to the sublime .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He said others had been rejected "because they just said things that were just ridiculous, outrageous, embarrassing".
"We had proved that women were equal to men in magic. It looked ridiculous that they were offended by what we did and that we were thrown out of a magic club for deception."
But she described Musk's goal to slash a third of government spending as "ridiculous", since so much of the budget was mandatory, including popular programmes like Social Security and Medicare.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said it is "absurd" and a "ridiculous waste of taxpayers' money" to pay for police officers who cannot be sacked to sit at home.
It was a ridiculous overreaction that was just a reply to someone that was being very rude.
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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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