Meaning

2 senses
  1. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.

    That hairstyle looks ridiculous.

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

    lächerlich

    неле́пыйnelépyj

    безглу́здийbezhlúzdyj, смішни́йsmišnýj

  2. (informal)Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable.

    In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.

    Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.

More definitions
  • inspiring scornful pity
  • broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
  • so unreasonable as to invite derision

Examples

354 sentences
  1. Do you realize how ridiculous that is?

    Ти розумієш, наскільки це сміховинно?

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  2. Don't you see how ridiculous this is?

    Хіба ти не бачиш, наскільки це сміховинно?

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  3. His story was too ridiculous for anyone to believe.

    Те, що він розповів, було занадто смішним, щоб йому хтось повірив.

    ruЕго история была слишком нелепой, чтобы в неё кто-то поверил.

    deSeine Geschichte war zu lächerlich, um von irgendjemandem geglaubt zu werden.

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  4. I think I look ridiculous.

    Мені здається, я маю сміховинний вигляд.

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  5. I think Tom looks ridiculous.

    Думаю, Том виглядає сміховинно.

    ruПо-моему, Том выглядит смешным.

    deIch finde, Tom sieht lächerlich aus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
foolish, absurd:
Русский
By meaning 1
foolish, absurd:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
foolish, absurd:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more ridiculous, most ridiculous
Comparativemore ridiculous Lesson
Superlativemost ridiculous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

31 synonyms

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • looked ridiculous
  • would be ridiculous
  • what a ridiculous
  • being being ridiculous
  • the most ridiculous
  • absolutely ridiculous
  • this is ridiculous
  • be ridiculous to
  • ridiculous to do
  • most ridiculous
  • ridiculous question
  • ridiculous idea

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ridiculous — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto