Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly. synonym: foolish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worthy of ridicule or contemptuous laughter; exciting derision; amusingly absurd; preposterous.
- Expressive of ridicule; derisive; mocking.
- Abominable; outrageous; shocking.
- Synonyms Funny, Laughable, etc. (see
ludicrous ), absurd, preposterous, farcical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration.
- adjective rare Involving or expressing ridicule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Deserving of
ridicule ;foolish ;absurd .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inspiring scornful pity
- adjective incongruous;inviting ridicule
- adjective broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I do know that Borges thought the term ridiculous, and argued that then absolutely all the Western world was Latin, inasmuch as the Roman influence extended over all European cultures.
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The defense team objected to Parrella's use of the phrase "ridiculous and unbelievable."
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Back in NoMa, Bruce Tallerman , a writer who is a 12-year resident, called the name "ridiculous."
Neighborhood Newspeak Sumathi Reddy 2011
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Scholes was one of the few players Ferguson absolved of any blame for what he described as a "ridiculous" and "careless" second-half performance.
Wayne Rooney must live with media yen for 'Gascoigne No2' – Ferguson 2012
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Noting he can make what he calls ridiculous money on the lecture circuit.
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When Rush started he joked all the time about what he called the ridiculous and hysterical exaggerated characterizations that liberals had of conservatives.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » Interview With Dittohead Author 2006
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He thinks that the Security Council should be praising his country instead of condemning it, in what he called ridiculous statements.
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Today the Democrat is sounding fed up and frustrated by what he calls the ridiculous attempts to get back at him politically.
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'Electro-biology,' a term ridiculous as 'suggestion' and more so.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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A few approved highly of my conduct; while many not only blamed, but publicly derided me, for what they termed a ridiculous weakness.
brtom commented on the word ridiculous
Of the human form especially, it is so great it must never be made ridiculous. Whitman, Preface 1855
December 9, 2006