ridiculous.
Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
Meaning & usage
Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
That hairstyle looks ridiculous.
It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.
Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable.
In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond.
Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous.
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