ridiculous

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled rideeculous and ridicklous

US /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ UK /ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ See IPA manual

Freq #1322

Meanings

1

adj
So silly or unreasonable that it deserves to be laughed at.

That hairstyle looks completely ridiculous.
2

adj
So extreme or surprising that it is hard to believe (often as praise).

The team built the bridge in a ridiculous three days.

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Synonyms

1 adj · so silly or unreasonable... absurd farcical foolish laughable ludicrous preposterous silly

Word family

Forms ridiculously

Derived forms nonridiculousridicridiculouslyridiculousnessunridiculous

Related forms deride derisionridiculableridicularityridicule ridiculosity

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous.

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# ridiculous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/
**Frequency rank:** 1322

## Meanings
1. So silly or unreasonable that it deserves to be laughed at.
2. So extreme or surprising that it is hard to believe (often as praise).

## Examples
- That hairstyle looks completely ridiculous.
- The team built the bridge in a ridiculous three days.

## Derived Forms
- nonridiculous
- ridic
- ridiculously
- ridiculousness
- unridiculous

## Related Forms
- deride
- derision
- ridiculable
- ridicularity
- ridicule
- ridiculosity

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous.

## AI Etymology
Ridiculous is borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous. Modern senses include so silly or unreasonable that it deserves to be laughed at. and so extreme or surprising that it is hard to believe (often as praise).. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonridiculous, ridic, ridiculously, ridiculousness, and unridiculous and related forms such as deride, derision, ridiculable, and ridicularity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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