RIDICULOUS


Meaning of RIDICULOUS in English

— ridiculously , adv. — ridiculousness, ridiculosity /ri dik'yeuh los"i tee/ , n.

/ri dik"yeuh leuhs/ , adj.

causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.

[ 1540-50; ridiculosus laughable, droll, and L ridiculus (adj. deriv. of ridiculum RIDICULE); see -OUS ]

Syn . nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd .

Ant . sensible.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .