Ridiculousness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being ridiculous. uncountable

    "Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity."

  2. 2
    a message whose content is at variance with reason wordnet
  3. 3
    The result of being ridiculous. countable

Synonyms

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foolishnessabsurdityabsurdityabsurdnesseccentricityfoolishness

Example

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"The ridiculousness of that movie is impressive."

Etymology

From ridiculous + -ness.

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