English-Thai Dictionary

ridiculous

ADJ น่าขัน  น่าหัวเราะ  ไร้สาระ  absurd laughable ludicrous na-kan

 

ridiculously

ADV อย่าง น่าขำ  อย่าง น่าหัวเราะ  absurdly laughably insanely humorously yang-na-kam

 

ridiculousness

N ความ น่าหัวเราะ  ความ น่าขำ  hogwash kwam-na-hua-lor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIDICULOUS

a.[L. ridiculus.] That may justly excite laughter with contempt; as a ridiculous dress; ridiculous behavior. A fop and a dandy are ridiculous in their dress.

 

RIDICULOUSLY

adv. In a manner worthy of contemptuous merriment; as a man ridiculously vain.

 

RIDICULOUSNESS

n.The quality of being ridiculous; as the ridiculousness of worshiping idols.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIDICULOUS

Ri *dic "u *lous, a. Etym: [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible. ]

 

1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior. Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts... to draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton.

 

2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [r.] [It ] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous. --- Ri *dic "u *lous *ly, adv. -- Ri *dic "u *lous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ridiculous

ri dic u lous |riˈdikyələs rəˈdɪkjələs | ▶adjective deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd: when you realize how ridiculous these scenarios are, you will have to laugh. DERIVATIVES ri dic u lous ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ridiculosus, from ridiculus ‘laughable ’ (see ridicule ).

 

ridiculously

ri dic u lous ly |riˈdikyələslē rəˈdɪkjələsli | ▶adverb so as to invite mockery or derision; absurdly: [ sentence adverb ] : ridiculously, I felt like crying. • [ as submodifier ] so as to cause surprise or disbelief: it had been ridiculously easy to track him down.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ridiculous

ri ¦dicu |lous |rɪˈdɪkjʊləs | ▶adjective deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd: that ridiculous tartan cap. DERIVATIVES ridiculousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ridiculosus, from ridiculus ‘laughable ’ (see ridicule ).

 

ridiculously

ri ¦dicu |lous ¦ly ▶adverb so as to invite mockery or derision; absurdly: [ sentence adverb ] : ridiculously, I felt like crying. • [ as submodifier ] so as to cause surprise or disbelief: it had been ridiculously easy to track him down.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ridiculous

ridiculous adjective 1 she looked ridiculous in her dad's oversized shorts and striped socks: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, risible, droll, amusing, farcical, silly, ludicrous; rare derisible. ANTONYMS serious. 2 a ridiculous suggestion: senseless, silly, foolish, foolhardy, stupid, inane, fatuous, childish, puerile, half-baked, harebrained, cockamamie, ill-thought-out, crackpot, idiotic. ANTONYMS sensible. 3 a ridiculous exaggeration: absurd, preposterous, ludicrous, risible, laughable, nonsensical, senseless, outrageous. ANTONYMS reasonable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ridiculous

ridiculous adjective 1 the car looked ridiculous with a yellow child's cot strapped to the roof: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous, risible, derisory, droll, amusing, entertaining, diverting, chucklesome, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, riotous, side-splitting; informal crazy, priceless; dated killing; rare derisible. ANTONYMS serious. 2 it was a ridiculous suggestion: pointless, senseless, silly, foolish, foolhardy, stupid, inane, nonsensical, fatuous, childish, puerile, half-baked, hare-brained, scatterbrained, feather-brained, ill-thought-out, ill-conceived, crackpot, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, vacuous, asinine, moronic; informal half-witted. ANTONYMS sensible. 3 this is a ridiculous exaggeration: absurd, preposterous, stupid, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, comical, risible, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, insane, unreasonable, irrational, illogical, outrageous, shocking, astonishing, monstrous, unbelievable, incredible, unthinkable; informal crazy. ANTONYMS reasonable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ridiculous

ri dic u lous /rɪdɪ́kjələs / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →ridicule 形容詞 more ～; most ～〈人 行為などが 〉滑稽 （こつけい ）な ; 〈物 事が 〉ばかげた (absurd ); 〈数量などが 〉途方もない ; 〖it is ～ (for A ) to do /that節 〗(A 〈人 〉が )…するとは […ということは ]ばかげている , とんでもない ▸ a ridiculous story [amount of money ]ばかげた話 [途方もない金額 ]▸ It is ridiculous (for you ) to feel [(that ) you (｟主に英 ｠should ) feel ] so anxious .そんなに不安に思うのはばかげている (→should 助動詞 7 語法 )～ness 名詞 U ばかばかしさ, 滑稽さ .

 

ridiculously

ri d í c u lous ly 副詞 ばかばかしいほど ; 途方もないほど ▸ a ridiculously great singer この上なくすばらしい歌手 .