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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ridiculous
adj 1: 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]
2: 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]
3: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the
wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
[syn: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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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]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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