ridiculous
adjective /rɪˈdɪkjələs/
/rɪˈdɪkjələs/
(also also informal ridic
Idioms /rɪˈdɪk/
/rɪˈdɪk/
)- very silly or unreasonable synonym absurd, ludicrous
- I look ridiculous in this hat.
- Don't be ridiculous! You can't pay £50 for a T-shirt!
- It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say.
- They ate and drank a ridiculous amount.
Extra Examples- The whole idea was patently ridiculous.
- The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous.
- This is getting ridiculous!
- Don't be so ridiculous!
- It's ridiculous to suggest that she was involved in anything illegal.
- That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- really
- absolutely
- completely
- …
- a sense of the ridiculous
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin ridiculosus, from ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.
Idioms
from the sublime to the ridiculous
- used to describe a situation in which something serious, important or of high quality is followed by something silly, unimportant or of poor quality