ridiculous
31ridiculous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. laughable, absurd, preposterous. See absurdity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ludicrous, absurd, laughable; see absurd , funny 1 . See Synonym Study at absurd . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
32ridiculous — adj British drunk. The term is particularly heard in Glaswegian speech. Miraculous is a syn onym …
33ridiculous — ri·dic·u·lous || rɪ dɪkjÉ™lÉ™s / kjÊŠl adj. worthy of ridicule, absurd, ludicrous, preposterous …
34ridiculous — adjective inviting ridicule; absurd. Derivatives ridiculously adverb ridiculousness noun Origin C16: from L. ridiculosus, from ridiculus (see ridicule) …
35ridiculous — a. Ludicrous, laughable, droll, funny, preposterous, farcical, comical, absurd, risible …
36ridiculous — adj 1. absurd, inane, pointless, fatuous; nonsensical, senseless, Inf. damfool, Inf. damfoolish, tomfoolish, foolish, Scot, and North Eng. glaikit, Sl. cockeyed; poppycockish, Sl. cockamamie, amphigoric; asinine, anserine, idiotic, Inf. moronic,… …
37ridiculous — ri·dic·u·lous …
38ridiculous — Kohu ole, kū i ka pāhenehene. See adze …
39ridiculous — adj. 1 deserving or inviting ridicule. 2 unreasonable, absurd. Derivatives: ridiculously adv. ridiculousness n. Etymology: L ridiculosus (as RIDICULE) …
40from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step — In this form, from a remark made by Napoleon to the Polish ambassador De Pradt (D. G. De Pradt Histoire de l’Ambassade (1815) 215), following the retreat from Moscow in 1812: Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas, there is only one step from… …