ridiculous
UK/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs//ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/
ridiculous adjective: deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
Adjective
ridiculous (comparative more ridiculous, superlative most ridiculous)
- Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
- That hairstyle looks ridiculous.
- It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.
- Synonyms:
- silly, willy nilly, frivolous, goofy, funny, humorous, absurd, odd, surreal, unreasonable
- Antonyms:
- straightforward, serious, somber, solemn
- Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable.
- In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.
- Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.
ridiculous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ridiculous in Hindi
- foolish, absurd
- बेतुका betukā, मसख़रा masaxrā, हास्यास्पद hāsyāspad, उपहासास्पद uphāsāspad, अंडबंड aṇḍbaṇḍ, अटपटा aṭapṭā
ridiculous in Tamil
- ஏளனமான, நகைப்பிற்கிடமான, பொருத்தமற்ற
ridiculous in Marathi
- ridiculous, improper, extreme
- भलते bhalte
- ridiculous
- हास्यास्पद hāsyāspad
ridiculous in Urdu
- ridiculous, funny, ludicrous
- مضحکہ خیز mazhakah xez
More languagesFewer languages
- ridiculous in Bengali
- হাস্যকর, উপহাসাস্পদ, অসম্ভব
- ridiculous in Malayalam
- പരിഹാസ്യം
- ridiculous in Kannada
- ಅಪಹಾಸ್ಯಕರ, ನಗೆಪಾಟಲಿನ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದ, ಪೆದ್ದು
- ridiculous in Punjabi
- ਹਾਸੋਹੀਣ hāsohīṇ
- ridiculous in Gujarati
- હાસ્યાસ્પદ
- ridiculous in Sanskrit
- हास्य hāsya
- ridiculous in Arabic
- سَخِيف saḵīf, مَسْخَرَة masḵara
- ridiculous in Malay
- mengarut
- ridiculous in Persian
- مسخره masxare
- ridiculous in Thai
- น่าขัน nâa kăn, ไร้สาระ rái săará
Examples of ridiculous in a sentence
- 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...
- Does that ridiculous person aspire to esteem?2018, Stendhal, Racine and Shakespeare, Alma Books, →ISBN, page 152:
- Mike, a British Cycle leader, said the situation there was now “ridiculous”, adding: “The noise from cars and motorbikes can be heard even from mountain tops in the vicinity of the A5.2026 March 15, Andrew Forgrave, “Speeding drivers terrorising visitors and 'destroying Eryri's peace and quiet'”, in Daily Post:
Synonyms of ridiculous
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Antonyms
Forms of ridiculous
| comparative | more ridiculous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ridiculous |
| alternative form | rediculous |
| alternative form | radiculous |
Origin of ridiculous
Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous.
Words formed from ridiculous
Words that rhyme with ridiculous
Questions about ridiculous
- What does ridiculous mean?
- Ridiculous means deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
- What is ridiculous in Hindi?
- Ridiculous in Hindi is बेतुका (betukā), मसख़रा (masaxrā), हास्यास्पद (hāsyāspad). See Ridiculous meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ridiculous in a sentence?
- You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.
- What part of speech is ridiculous?
- Ridiculous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ridiculous?
- Ridiculous is pronounced /ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ (UK).
Words near ridiculous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ridiculous (page history and authors); ridiculous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भलते (Marathi) (page history and authors); مضحکہ خیز (Urdu) (page history and authors); ridiculous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ridiculous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ridiculous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ridiculous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); हास्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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