ridiculous 音标拼音: [rɪd'ɪkjələs]
a . 可笑的,荒谬的
可笑的,荒谬的
ridiculous adj 1 :
inspiring scornful pity ; "
how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years "-
Dashiell Hammett [
synonym : {
pathetic },
{
ridiculous }, {
silly }]
2 :
incongruous ;
inviting ridicule ; "
the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework "; "
that '
s a cockeyed idea "; "
ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer "; "
a contribution so small as to be laughable "; "
it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion "; "
a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history "; "
her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous " [
synonym : {
absurd }, {
cockeyed }, {
derisory },
{
idiotic }, {
laughable }, {
ludicrous }, {
nonsensical },
{
preposterous }, {
ridiculous }]
3 :
broadly or extravagantly humorous ;
resembling farce ; "
the wild farcical exuberance of a clown "; "
ludicrous green hair "
[
synonym : {
farcical }, {
ludicrous }, {
ridiculous }]
Ridiculous \
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lous \,
a . [
L .
ridiculosus ,
ridiculus ,
fr .
ridere to laigh .
Cf . {
Risible }.]
1 .
Fitted to excite ridicule ;
absurd and laughable ;
unworthy of serious consideration ;
as ,
a ridiculous dress or behavior .
[
1913 Webster ]
Agricola ,
discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close ,
commanded three Batavian cohorts . . .
to draw up and come to handy strokes . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Involving or expressing ridicule . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
[
It ]
provokes me to ridiculous smiling . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Ludicrous ;
laughable ;
risible ;
droll ;
comical ;
absurd ;
preposterous .
See {
Ludicrous }.
[
1913 Webster ] --- {
Ri *
dic "
u *
lous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Ri *
dic "
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n .
[
1913 Webster ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ridiculous ":
a bit thick ,
a bit thin ,
absurd ,
amusing ,
antic ,
barred ,
beyond belief ,
bizarre ,
closed -
out ,
cockamamie ,
comic ,
comical ,
contrary to reason ,
crazy ,
doubtable ,
doubtful ,
droll ,
dubious ,
dubitable ,
eccentric ,
excluded ,
extravagant ,
fantastic ,
farcical ,
foolish ,
funny ,
grotesque ,
hard of belief ,
hard to believe ,
high -
flown ,
hilarious ,
hopeless ,
humorous ,
implausible ,
impossible ,
improper ,
inane ,
inconceivable ,
incongruous ,
incredible ,
indecent ,
indelicate ,
insane ,
laughable ,
logically impossible ,
ludicrous ,
malodorous ,
mirthful ,
monstrous ,
nonsensical ,
not deserving belief ,
not possible ,
open to doubt ,
open to suspicion ,
outlandish ,
outrageous ,
outre ,
oxymoronic ,
paradoxical ,
passing belief ,
poppycockish ,
preposterous ,
priceless ,
problematic ,
prohibited ,
quaint ,
queer ,
questionable ,
quizzical ,
rich ,
risible ,
rough ,
ruled -
out ,
screaming ,
self -
contradictory ,
silly ,
staggering belief ,
stupid ,
suspect ,
suspicious ,
tall ,
thick ,
thin ,
unbecoming ,
unbelievable ,
unconvincing ,
undecorous ,
unearthly ,
ungodly ,
unimaginable ,
unseemly ,
unthinkable ,
unworthy of belief ,
weird ,
whimsical ,
wild ,
witty ,
zany
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