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Synonyms for ridiculousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-dik-yuh-luhs
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdɪk yə ləs

Top 10 synonyms for ridiculousness
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Définition of ridiculousness

Origin :
  • 1540s, ridyculouse, from Latin ridiculosus "laughable," from ridiculus "that which excites laughter," from ridere "to laugh." Shakespeare and other 17c. writers sometimes spelled it rediculous. Slang extensions to "outrageous" (1839); "excellent" (1959, jazz slang). Related: Ridiculously; ridiculousness.
  • noun humor
Example sentences :
  • Grave, dignified, sombre, a laugh made him frantic to ridiculousness.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Of course all that we are thinking about at the moment is his ridiculousness.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • Get the picture and the situation in all its ridiculousness.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • What made it funny, of course, was the ridiculousness of the drawing.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
  • But do you know what is the most tragical feature of my ridiculousness?
  • Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg
  • Suddenly he fell to laughing over the ridiculousness of these meditations.
  • Extract from : « A Young Man's Year » by Anthony Hope
  • I asked, shocked, though amused, by the ridiculousness of the whole affair.
  • Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
  • "Now, Robert, none of your ridiculousness," his wife warned him.
  • Extract from : « Moon-Face and Other Stories » by Jack London
  • In the letter On Injustice can come the ridiculousness of the law that the elder gets all.
  • Extract from : « Pascal's Penses » by Blaise Pascal
  • He also became impressed with the ridiculousness of his position, and determined to “overcome his weakness.”
  • Extract from : « Sunk at Sea » by R.M. Ballantyne

Antonyms for ridiculousness

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