worthy of ridicule, absurd, ludicrous, preposterous
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Ridiculous Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ridiculous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Involving or expressing ridicule.
Involving or expressing ridicule.
(a.)
Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
ridiculous
\ri*dic"u*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. 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.
2. involving or expressing ridicule. [r.] [it] provokes me to ridiculous smiling.
Laughable and contemptible.
Adjective
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, silly
(similar) undignified
2. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "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
(similar) foolish
3. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
(synonym) farcical, ludicrous
(similar) humorous, humourous
Ridiculous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The ridiculous is that which is highly incongruous or inferior, sometimes deliberately so to make people laugh or get their attention, and sometimes unintended so as to be considered laughable and earn or provoke ridicule and derision. It comes from the 1540s Latin “ridiculosus” meaning "laughable”, from “ridiculus” meaning "that which excites laughter”, and from “ridere” meaning "to laugh". "Ridiculous" is an adjective describing "the ridiculous".
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Ridiculous Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The right 'Y' 
hand, thumb almost touching the forehead, is shaken back and forth across the forehead several times.
The right 'Y' 
hand, thumb almost touching the forehead, is shaken back and forth across the forehead several times.
