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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ridiculous
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ridiculous
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,
silly]
2: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;
“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]
3: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce;
“the
wild farcical exuberance of a clown”;
“ludicrous green
hair” [syn:
farcical,
ludicrous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ridiculous
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.
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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.]
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[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.
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