ridiculous

• rediculous (archaic, eye dialect, or misspelling)
• radiculous (rare, obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); see ridicule.

• (Canada, UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈdɪkjʊləs/, /ɹiːˈdɪkjʊləs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkjələs

ridiculous (comparative more ridiculous, superlative most ridiculous)

1. Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

   That hairstyle looks ridiculous.

   It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.

   You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.

• silly
• willy nilly
• frivolous
• goofy
• funny
• humorous
• absurd
• odd
• surreal
• unreasonable
• See also Thesaurus:absurd

• straightforward
• serious
• somber
• solemn

• ridic
• ridiculousness

• deride
• derision
• ridicule
• ridiculable
• ridiculosity
• ridiculously

• ridiculous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ridiculous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.