'Ridiculous' definitions:

Definition of 'ridiculous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett [syn: pathetic, ridiculous, silly]
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" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
adjective
Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" [syn: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous]

Definition of 'Ridiculous'

From: GCIDE
  • Ridiculous \Ri*dic"u*lous\, a. [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible.]
  • 1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior. [1913 Webster]
  • Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to handy strokes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • [It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous. [1913 Webster] --- {Ri*dic"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Ri*dic"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ridiculous'

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