ridiculous

adjective

ri-DIK-yuh-luhs/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/UKri-DIK-yuu-luhs/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/

2 meanings of ridiculous

1
adjective
Deserving to be laughed at; foolish or absurd.
The committee dismissed the proposal as ridiculous and poorly thought out.
It felt ridiculous to apologize for something he had never actually done.
Similarabsurd, silly, foolish, laughable, ludicrous
Oppositeserious, solemn, somber
2
adjectivecolloquial
Astonishing or extreme to an almost unbelievable degree.
The new phone has ridiculous battery life: three full days on a single charge.
Traffic was ridiculous this morning, and the drive downtown took twice as long.
Similarinsane, crazy, incredible, unbelievable, extreme

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus ("laughable, ridiculous"); equivalent to ridicule plus the suffix -ous.