adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪ become , get
▪
This is getting ~!
ADVERB
▪ really
▪ absolutely , completely , downright , quite , simply , totally , utterly
▪
It's downright ~ that the library isn't open on Mondays!
▪ pretty , rather , somewhat
▪ almost
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ faintly
▪ patently
▪
The whole idea was patently ~.
PHRASES
▪ a sense of the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ~.
Ridiculous is used with these nouns: ↑ accusation , ↑ argument , ↑ charade , ↑ claim , ↑ costume , ↑ excuse , ↑ figure , ↑ idea , ↑ notion , ↑ situation , ↑ suggestion , ↑ thing