ridiculous

[ ri-dik-yuh-luhs ]

/ rɪˈdɪk yə ləs /

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adjective

causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.

Slang. absurdly or unbelievably good, bad, crazy, etc.: The concert was ridiculous, their best performance ever!

Nearby words

ridgway, ridgy, ridgy-didge, ridic, ridicule, ridiculous, riding, riding boot, riding breeches, riding crop, riding habit

Origin of ridiculous

1540–50; < Late Latin rīdiculōsus laughable, droll, and Latin rīdiculus (adj. derivative of rīdiculum ridicule); see -ous

SYNONYMS FOR ridiculous

1 nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical.

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ANTONYMS FOR ridiculous

1 sensible.

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Related forms

ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverbri·dic·u·lous·ness, ri·dic·u·los·i·ty

[ri-dik-yuh-los-i-tee] /rɪˌdɪk yəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, nounhy·per·ri·dic·u·lous, adjectivehy·per·ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverb

hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous·ness, nounqua·si-ri·dic·u·lous, adjectivequa·si-ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverbun·ri·dic·u·lous, adjectiveun·ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverbun·ri·dic·u·lous·ness, noun

Synonym study

1. See absurd.

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Examples from the Web for ridiculously

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Based on his Late Night track record, the answer would seem to be a ridiculously obvious yes.
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This last was so ridiculously touching in the midst of all the rest, that it had to be imitated.
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The damage done is ridiculously small; the percentage of deaths and injuries insignificant.
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You cannot call anything so ridiculously recent as the European upper classes a nobility.
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British Dictionary definitions for ridiculously

ridiculous

/ (rɪˈdɪkjʊləs) /

adjective

worthy of or exciting ridicule; absurd, preposterous, laughable, or contemptible

Derived Forms

ridiculously, adverbridiculousness, noun

Word Origin for ridiculous

C16: from Latin rīdiculōsus, from rīdēre to laugh

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Idioms and Phrases with ridiculously

ridiculous

see from the ridiculous to the sublime.