ridiculous
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/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/
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/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ (UK) · /ɹiːˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ (UK) · /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (US) · /ɹɪˈdɪk.ləs/ · /ˈrɪ.ɖɪ.k(j)ʊ.ləs/ · /ˈrɛ(ː).ɖɪ.k(j)ʊ.ləs/
Definition of ridiculous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
“That hairstyle looks ridiculous.”
“It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.”
“You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.”
“All the characters he has imitated are of the heroic kind, excepting only one ridiculous perſonage, that he has but once exhibited, I mean Therʃites.”
“[...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.”
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adj
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Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
“That hairstyle looks ridiculous.”
“It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.”
“You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.”
“All the characters he has imitated are of the heroic kind, excepting only one ridiculous perſonage, that he has but once exhibited, I mean Therʃites.”
“[...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.”
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(informal)Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable.
“In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.”
“Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous.
Words you can make from ridiculous
187 playable · top: LUDICROUS (12 pts)
Best play ludicrous 12 points8-letter words
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50 words- CLODS 8 pts
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- COLDS 8 pts
- CORDS 8 pts
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69 words- CLOD 7 pts
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- SIR 3 pts
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2-letter words
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