ridiculous

comparative more ridiculous · superlative most ridiculous · alternative rediculous · alternative radiculous

1. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.

   That hairstyle looks ridiculous.

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   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.

   1774, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Of The Origin And Progress Of Language, →OL, page 130

   [...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.

   1833, Elisabeth Celnart, The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment: Dedicated to the Youth of Both Sexes, Allen and Ticknor and Carter, Hendee, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15

   The novelist, whom people hardly believe, considering his pictures as ridiculous fancies, but who has devoted his life to explore in secret places; behind the curtain, where we cannot follow—where all is inaccessible to us.

   1872, R J S, Ridiculous Fancies; An Allegory. Being the Lucubrations Of A Madman., page 14

   Synonyms: silly, willy nilly, frivolous, goofy, funny, humorous, absurd, odd · Antonyms: straightforward, serious, somber, solemn

2. informalAstonishing, extreme, unbelievable.

   Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.

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   In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.