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ridiculous

adjective

1 ridiculous

Inspiring scornful pity.

synonyms: pathetic, silly.

2 ridiculous

So unreasonable as to invite derision:
— Her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous.

synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous.

Roget 853: ridiculous, ludicrous; comical; droll, funny, laughable, pour rire, grotesque, farcical, odd; whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear; fanciful, fantastic, ... show more

Roget 497: absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self-contradictory; macaronic, punning.    foolish ... show more

Roget 499: unintelligent [Applied to persons], unintellectual, unreasoning; mindless, witless, reasoningless, brainless; halfbaked; having no head etc. 498; not bright etc. ... show more

3 ridiculous

Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.

synonyms: farcical, ludicrous.

Roget 643: unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance etc. 642; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent.    subordinate etc. ... show more

Polish: farsowy


Moby thesaurus: a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, amusing, antic, barred, beyond belief, bizarre, closed-out, cockamamie, comic, comical, contrary to reason, crazy, doubtable, doubtful, droll, dubious, dubitable, eccentric ... show more.

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