ridiculousness


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ri·dic·u·lous

 (rĭ-dĭk′yə-ləs)
adj.
Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly. See Synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin rīdiculus, laughable, from rīdēre, to laugh.]
ri·dic′u·lous·ly adv.
ri·dic′u·lous·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ridiculousness - a message whose content is at variance with reason
absurdity, absurdness
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
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ridiculousness

noun
The quality of being laughable or comical:
comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness.
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Translations
إثارَةٌ للسُّخْرِيَه
směšnost
latterlighed
nevetségesség
fáránleiki
gülünçlük

ridiculousness

[rɪˈdɪkjʊləsnɪs] N → ridiculez f
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ridiculousness

n → Lächerlichkeit f
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ridiculousness

[rɪˈdɪkjʊləsnɪs] n → ridicolaggine f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ridiculous

(rəˈdikjuləs) adjective
very silly; deserving to be laughed at. That's a ridiculous suggestion; You look ridiculous in that hat!
riˈdiculously adverb
riˈdiculousness noun
ridicule (ˈridikjuːl) verb
to laugh at; to mock. They ridiculed him because he was wearing one brown shoe and one black shoe.
noun
laughter at someone or something; mockery. Despite the ridicule of his neighbours he continued to build a spaceship in his garden.
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