Associations to the word «Ridiculous»
Noun
Adjective
- Funny
- Trifling
- Petty
- Mischievous
- Witty
- Inconvenient
- Sarcastic
- Hideous
- Tedious
- Fantastic
- Superfluous
- Sentimental
- Obstinate
- Ashamed
- Vexed
- Tragic
- Intolerable
- Mocking
- Awkward
- Manly
- Unreasonable
- Amiable
- Fancied
- Annoying
- Pointless
- Useless
- Insane
- Contemptuous
- Contrived
- Improbable
- Troublesome
- Cynical
- Entertaining
- Complaining
- Keen
- Shabby
- Drunken
- Dismissed
- Jealous
- Heathen
- Solemn
- Unnatural
- Fancy
- Unjust
Wiktionary
RIDICULOUS, adjective. Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
Dictionary definition
RIDICULOUS, adjective. Inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett.
RIDICULOUS, adjective. Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous".
RIDICULOUS, adjective. Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.