See ridiculous on Wiktionary
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"examples": [
{
"text": "That hairstyle looks ridiculous.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:",
"text": "Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.",
"type": "quote"
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],
"glosses": [
"Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd."
],
"id": "en-ridiculous-en-adj-HnsgbPtz",
"links": [
[
"ridicule",
"ridicule"
],
[
"foolish",
"foolish"
],
[
"absurd",
"absurd"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "silly"
},
{
"word": "willy nilly"
},
{
"word": "frivolous"
},
{
"word": "goofy"
},
{
"word": "funny"
},
{
"word": "humorous"
},
{
"word": "absurd"
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{
"word": "odd"
},
{
"word": "surreal"
},
{
"word": "unreasonable"
},
{
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "belaglik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "qesharak"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "saḵīf",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "سَخِيف"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masḵara",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "مَسْخَرَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cicaġeli",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ծիծաղելի"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "anhetʻetʻ",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "անհեթեթ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "barregarri"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "irrigarri"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "smjéšny",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "сме́шны"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nelep",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "нелеп"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "absurden",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "абсурден"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smehotvoren",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "смехотворен"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridícul"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "laughable",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěxiào",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "可笑"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "absurd",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāngmiù",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "荒謬 /荒谬"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "beyond belief",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāngtáng",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "荒唐"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "kw",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "hwarthus"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "směšný"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "latterlig"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "belachelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "lachwekkend"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridicuul"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridinda"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "løgiligur"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "naurettava"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridicule"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridículo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "lächerlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "geloíos",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "γελοίος"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "axiogélastos",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "αξιογέλαστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "geloîos",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "γελοῖος"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "m'guẖách",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
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"word": "מְגֻחָךְ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "betukā",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "बेतुका"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "masaxrā",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "मसख़रा"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "hāsyāspad",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "हास्यास्पद"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "uphāsāspad",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "उपहासास्पद"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "aṇḍbaṇḍ",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "अंडबंड"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "aṭapṭā",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "अटपटा"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "ūṭapṭāṅg",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ऊटपटाँग"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "nevetséges"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "áiféiseach"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridicolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "bakarashii",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "馬鹿らしい"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "jatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "useuun",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "웃으운"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "rīdiculus"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "mengarut"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "haraki"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "nenekara"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridikil"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "riditchule"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "latterlig"
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{
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "latterleg"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "låtteleg"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridíkulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "masxare",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "مسخره"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "lachrich"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "absurdalny"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "niedorzeczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "śmieszny"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ridículo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "hāsohīṇ",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "ਹਾਸੋਹੀਣ"
},
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "tuhaf"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "gülünç"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezhlúzdyj",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "безглу́здий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smišnýj",
"sense": "foolish, absurd",
"word": "смішни́й"
}
],
"word": "ridiculous"
}
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