ridiculous

Adjective Satellite

• inspiring scornful pity; - Dashiell Hammett
• incongruous;inviting ridicule
  • "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
• broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

Adj

• Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
• Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable.

Examples

• Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.
• In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.
• It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.
• That hairstyle looks ridiculous.
• You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.

Synonyms

absurd, cockeyed, derisory, farcical, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, pathetic, preposterous, silly, cockamamie, foolish, frivolous, full of it, funny, goofy, humorous, incongruous, inconsistent, irrational, odd, ridiculous, skimble-skamble, surreal, unreasonable, willy nilly

Antonyms

serious, solemn, somber, straightforward

Related Words

deride, derision, ridiculable, ridicule, ridiculosity, ridiculously