worthy of or exciting ridicule; absurd, preposterous, laughable, or contemptible
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ri•dic•u•lous /rɪˈdɪkyələs/USA pronunciation
adj.
ri•dic•u•lous•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- of or relating to ridicule:What a ridiculous idea!
ri•dic•u•lous•ness, n. [uncountable]
ri•dic•u•lous
(ri dik′yə ləs),USA pronunciation adj.
ri•dic′u•lous•ly, adv.
ri•dic′u•lous•ness, ri•dic•u•los•i•ty
(ri dik′yə los′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
- causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd;
preposterous;
laughable:a ridiculous plan.
- Late Latin rīdiculōsus laughable, droll, and Latin rīdiculus (adjective, adjectival derivative of rīdiculum ridicule); see -ous
- 1540–50
- nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd.
- sensible.
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'ridiculous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Laputa
- absurd
- antic
- baboon
- baboonery
- boot
- break
- brouhaha
- buffo
- buffoon
- burlesque
- clown
- cockamamie
- cockeyed
- crazy
- dangling participle
- derisible
- dork
- egg
- farce
- fool
- foolish
- footling
- freak show
- fright
- funny
- goofy
- gook
- guff
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- irrational
- jerky
- joke
- laugh
- laughable
- loony
- ludicrous
- malapropism
- mind
- mockery
- monkey
- nutty
- object
- on
- outtell
- preposterous
- priceless
- pride
- quasi-ridiculous