Ridiculous

//ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs//

Synonyms for "ridiculous" (170 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Adjective(3 words)
absurdcockeyedderisory

Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

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4 entries

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Translations

79 translations across 51 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • belaglik adj (foolish, absurd)

Albanian

1 entries
  • qesharak adj (foolish, absurd)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γελοῖος adj (foolish, absurd)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سَخِيف adj (foolish, absurd)
  • مَسْخَرَة adj (foolish, absurd)

Armenian

2 entries
  • անհեթեթ adj (foolish, absurd)
  • ծիծաղելի adj (foolish, absurd)

Basque

2 entries
  • barregarri adj (foolish, absurd)
  • irrigarri adj (foolish, absurd)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сме́шны adj (foolish, absurd)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • абсурден adj (foolish, absurd)
  • нелеп adj (foolish, absurd)
  • смехотворен adj (foolish, absurd)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ridícul adj (foolish, absurd)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 可笑 adj (foolish, absurd)
  • 荒唐 adj (foolish, absurd)
  • 荒謬 /荒谬 adj (foolish, absurd)

Cornish

1 entries
  • hwarthus adj (foolish, absurd)

Czech

1 entries
  • směšný adj (foolish, absurd)

Danish

1 entries
  • latterlig adj (foolish, absurd)

Dutch

3 entries
  • belachelijk adj (foolish, absurd)
  • lachwekkend adj (foolish, absurd)
  • ridicuul adj (foolish, absurd)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ridinda adj (foolish, absurd)

Faroese

1 entries
  • løgiligur adj (foolish, absurd)

Finnish

1 entries
  • naurettava adj (foolish, absurd)

French

1 entries
  • ridicule adj (foolish, absurd)

Galician

1 entries
  • ridículo adj (foolish, absurd)

German

1 entries
  • lächerlich adj (foolish, absurd)

Greek

2 entries
  • αξιογέλαστος adj (foolish, absurd)
  • γελοίος adj (foolish, absurd)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מְגֻחָךְ adj (foolish, absurd)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अंडबंड adj (foolish, absurd)
  • अटपटा adj (foolish, absurd)
  • उपहासास्पद adj (foolish, absurd)
  • ऊटपटाँग adj (foolish, absurd)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nevetséges adj (foolish, absurd)

Irish

1 entries
  • áiféiseach adj (foolish, absurd)

Italian

1 entries
  • ridicolo adj (foolish, absurd)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 馬鹿らしい adj (foolish, absurd)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • jatu adj (foolish, absurd)

Korean

1 entries
  • 웃으운 adj (foolish, absurd)

Latin

1 entries
  • rīdiculus adj (foolish, absurd)

Malay

1 entries
  • mengarut adj (foolish, absurd)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • ridikil adj (foolish, absurd)

Māori

2 entries
  • haraki adj (foolish, absurd)
  • nenekara adj (foolish, absurd)

Norman

1 entries
  • riditchule adj (foolish, absurd)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • latterlig adj (foolish, absurd)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • latterleg adj (foolish, absurd)
  • låtteleg adj (foolish, absurd)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • ridíkulo adj (foolish, absurd)

Persian

1 entries
  • مسخره adj (foolish, absurd)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • lachrich adj (foolish, absurd)

Polish

3 entries
  • absurdalny adj (foolish, absurd)
  • niedorzeczny adj (foolish, absurd)
  • śmieszny adj (foolish, absurd)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ridículo adj (foolish, absurd)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਹਾਸੋਹੀਣ adj (foolish, absurd)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ridicol adj (foolish, absurd)

Russian

1 entries
  • неле́пый adj (foolish, absurd)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • amaideach adj (foolish, absurd)

Slovak

4 entries
  • absúrdny adj (foolish, absurd)
  • nehorázny adj (foolish, absurd)
  • neuveriteľný adj (foolish, absurd)
  • smiešny adj (foolish, absurd)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ridículo adj (foolish, absurd)

Swedish

1 entries
  • löjlig adj (foolish, absurd)

Thai

2 entries
  • น่าขัน adj (foolish, absurd)
  • ไร้สาระ adj (foolish, absurd)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gülünç adj (foolish, absurd)
  • komik adj (foolish, absurd)
  • saçma adj (foolish, absurd)
  • tuhaf adj (foolish, absurd)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • безглу́здий adj (foolish, absurd)
  • смішни́й adj (foolish, absurd)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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His story was too ridiculous for anyone to believe.

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Whoever told you such a ridiculous story?

Source: tatoeba (27503)

In a word, it's ridiculous.

Source: tatoeba (27813)

Stop it. You're being ridiculous.

Source: tatoeba (30204)

Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

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