ridiculousness

ridiculousness
a) The characteristic of being ridiculous.
b) The result of being ridiculous.

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  • ridiculousness — index incongruity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Ridiculousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ridiculousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ridiculousness ridiculousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 comicality comicality oddity &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance drollery GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …   English dictionary for students

  • ridiculousness — ridiculous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inviting mockery or derision; absurd. DERIVATIVES ridiculously adverb ridiculousness noun. ORIGIN Latin ridiculus laughable , from ridere to laugh …   English terms dictionary

  • Ridiculousness — 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. [1913 Webster] Agricola,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ridiculousness — noun see ridiculous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ridiculousness — See ridiculously. * * * …   Universalium

  • ridiculousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludi crousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness.… …   English dictionary for students

  • ridiculousness — ri·dic·u·lous·ness || rɪ dɪkjÉ™lÉ™snɪs / kjÊŠl n. absurdity, ludicrousness, preposterousness, state of being worthy of ridicule …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ridiculousness — ri·dic·u·lous·ness …   English syllables

  • ridiculousness — See: ridiculous …   English dictionary

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