2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ridiculous  \Ri*dic"u*lous\,  a.  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ridiculous 
  adj  1:  inspiring  scornful  pity;  "how  silly  an  ardent  and 
  unsuccessful  wooer  can  be  especially  if  he  is  getting 
  on  in  years"-  Dashiell  Hammett  [syn:  {pathetic},  {silly}] 
  2:  so  devoid  of  wisdom  or  good  sense  as  to  be  laughable;  "the 
  absurd  excuse  that  the  dog  ate  his  homework";  "ask  a 
  nonsensical  question  and  get  a  nonsensical  answer";  "a 
  contribution  so  small  as  to  be  derisory";  "it  is  ludicrous 
  to  call  a  cottage  a  mansion";  "a  preposterous  attempt  to 
  turn  back  the  pages  of  history";  "her  conceited  assumption 
  of  universal  interest  in  her  rather  dull  children  was 
  ridiculous"  [syn:  {absurd},  {derisory},  {ludicrous},  {nonsensical}, 
  {preposterous}] 
  3:  broadly  or  extravagantly  humorous;  resembling  farce;  "the 
  wild  farcical  exuberance  of  a  clown";  "ludicrous  green 
  hair"  [syn:  {farcical},  {ludicrous}] 

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