ridiculous
US: /ɹɪˈdɪkjəɫəs/
UK: /ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs/
UK: /ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ridiculous /ri'dikjuləs/
- tính từ
- buồn cười, tức cười, lố bịch, lố lăng
- a ridiculous man: một người lố bịch
- a ridiculous speech: một bài diễn văn lố bịch tức cười
- buồn cười, tức cười, lố bịch, lố lăng
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
very silly or unreasonable: I look ridiculous in this hat. + Don't be ridiculous! You can't pay £40 for a T-shirt! + It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say. + They ate and drank a ridiculous amount.
ridiculously adverb: The meal was ridiculously expensive. + She was wearing a pair of ridiculously high-heeled shoes.
ridiculousness noun [U]: The ridiculousness of the situation made us laugh.
Idioms see SUBLIME n.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
absurd, laughable, preposterous, weird, comical, funny, humorous, ludicrous, farcical, droll, amusing, mirthful, hilarious, side-splitting, risible; silly, inane, nonsensical, foolish, stupid, outlandish, bizarre, grotesque, queer, crazy, insane, zany, wild, Slang far-out:
You look absolutely ridiculous in that outfit! Where did she ever get the ridiculous notion that she would marry a prince?
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get
This is getting ridiculous!
ADV.
bloody
(taboo),
really | absolutely, completely, downright, quite, totally, utterly
It's downright ridiculous that the library isn't open on Mondays!
| almost | a bit, faintly, a little, mildly, pretty, rather, slightly, somewhat | patently
The whole idea was patently ridiculous.
PHRASES
a sense of the ridiculous
The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous.
Concise English dictionary
rɪ'dɪkjələs / -kjʊl-
adj.
+inspiring scornful pity
+incongruous;inviting ridicule
+broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
