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Webster 1913 Edition
Ridiculous
1.
Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration;
as, a
. ridiculous
dress or behaviorAgricola, 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. Shakespeare
Syn. – Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See
–- Ludicrous
. Ri-dic′u-lous-ly
, adv.
Ri-dic′u-lous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ridiculous
RIDIC'ULOUS
,Adj.
That may justly excite laughter with contempt; as a ridiculous dress; ridiculous behavior. A fop and a dandy are ridiculous in their dress.
Definition 2024
ridiculous
ridiculous
English
Alternative forms
- rediculous (archaic, eye dialect, or misspelling)
- radiculous (rare, obsolete)
Adjective
ridiculous (comparative more ridiculous, superlative most ridiculous)
- Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
- That hairstyle looks ridiculous.
- It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.
- You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.
Synonyms
- silly
- willy nilly
- frivolous
- goofy
- funny
- humorous
- absurd
- odd
- surreal
- unreasonable
- See also Wikisaurus:absurd
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
foolish, absurd
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External links
- ridiculous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ridiculous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911