ridiculous

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ (UK)
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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

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. (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.

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