ridiculous

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1. ridiculous - Adjective

2. ridiculous - Adjective Satellite

Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.

Involving or expressing ridicule.

Source: Webster's dictionary

absurd preposterous ludicrous laughable silly comical nonsensical idiotic farcical wild comic stupid foolish unreasonable grotesque

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ridicule derision deride ridiculously ridiculosity ridiculable

Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like? John Chrysostom

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Rodney Dangerfield

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. Napoleon Bonaparte

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step. Portuguese Proverb

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. Chinese Proverb

A man is never so ridiculous by those qualities that are his own as by those he affects to have. Sicilian Proverb

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