ridiculousness
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4.9
- noun
- /rɪˈdɪkjələsnəs/
:
ridículo
- The ridiculousness of his excuse made everyone burst out laughing.
- height of ridiculousness
- ridiculousness of the situation
- level of ridiculousness
This number should make this ridiculousness very clear.
- This number should make this ridiculousness very clear.
- You know, that's, that's I'm laughing at the ridiculousness of this.
- And finally that bit of ridiculousness is going away and they're finding miraculous recoveries from like PTSD and, and everything else.
- OK, it's just like, oh, let's try some more ridiculousness, why not?
- Also without the insults to Danny and the verbiage of ridiculousness.
Examples
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It's encouraging to know others see the ridiculousness of the double standard that exists in society today.
Blog text (23) -
I would expect the reader to laugh at the utter ridiculousness of it.
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This number should make this ridiculousness very clear.
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I mean, when is this ridiculousness going to stop?
Fiction book (1994) -
The movie, for all its ridiculousness, has a real love at its heart.
Blog text (12) -
Do you believe that God will save you from your own ridiculousness?
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Some job listings are detailed to the point of ridiculousness, while others list a sentence or two.
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Just look at all of this ridiculousness, which is a direct outcome of high-stakes testing.
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I'm glad someone is willing to stand up to ridiculousness and say, "No, that's just stupid."
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I laughed and amused myself at the sheer ridiculousness of the scenario.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
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6.1
Something very silly that goes against common sense
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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6.2
A lack of clear, logical thinking
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6.1
Silly, harmless behavior that makes people laugh
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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6.3
How much people laugh at something
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7.9
A state of being very silly and clearly against common sense
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6.0
An action or decision that is unfair and does not make sense
A situation that is very strange and does not make sense
Being very silly and absurd so it seems like a bad joke
Antonyms
How Absurd
Surface Forms
Morphology
ridiculousness = ridiculous (transparent) = ridicule + ous + ness
The noun is directly formed from the adjective 'ridiculous' with the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness', giving 'the state of being ridiculous'.
Etymology
Ridiculousness comes from the Latin root rid-, which means 'to laugh', and you can see the same idea in the word ridicule. The ending -ness makes it 'the state of being', so ridiculousness is the 'quality of being laughable or absurd'.