Ridiculous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly. See Synonyms at foolish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration.
  • adj. Involving or expressing ridicule.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. inspiring scornful pity
  • adj. incongruous;inviting ridicule
  • adj. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
  • Equivalent
    undignified    foolish    humourous    humorous   
    Antonym
    solemn    somber    serious    straightforward   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    preposterous    risible    ludicrous    droll    absurd    comical    laughable    silly    willy nilly    frivolous   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    meticulous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absurd    ludicrous    false    childish    grotesque    extravagant    impossible    amuse