Synonyms for ridiculous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-dik-yuh-luhs

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdɪk yə ləs

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Définition of ridiculous

Origin : 1540s, ridyculouse, from Latin ridiculosus "laughable," from ridiculus "that which excites laughter," from ridere "to laugh." Shakespeare and other 17c. writers sometimes spelled it rediculous. Slang extensions to "outrageous" (1839); "excellent" (1959, jazz slang). Related: Ridiculously; ridiculousness.

adj stupid, funny

Example sentences :

It got us into a great many difficulties, some of which were ridiculous, but it had its advantages.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Where in the world had she ever found so ridiculous an idea as to think that Agnes would be angry with her!
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

It was ridiculous, the amount of time she gave to that baby—out of all rhyme and reason.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

I thought her ridiculous, but it was too much trouble to tell her so continually.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

How ridiculous it was of women to sit at meals with hats on!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

His family were kept in perpetual fear of a ridiculous mesalliance.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There was a strange blending of the ridiculous with that which was solemn in this scene.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

She was a little fool, he knew, and making a ridiculous figure of herself.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

It was insensate folly on his part, ridiculous from any point of view.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Nothing to do with my proprietor; not stateable at present, ridiculous to state at present; but good.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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