Ridiculousness

Ridiculousness
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Ridiculousness->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ ridiculousness
ridiculousness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ comicality
comicality
oddity
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ extravagance
extravagance
drollery
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ farce
farce
comedy
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ burlesque
burlesque
&c.(ridicule) 856
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ buffoonery
buffoonery
&c.(fun) 840
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ frippery
frippery
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ doggerel verses
doggerel verses
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ absurdity
absurdity
&c. 497
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ bombast
bombast
&c.(unmeaning) 517
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ anticlimax
anticlimax
bathos
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ monstrosity
monstrosity
&c.(unconformity) 83
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ laughingstock
laughingstock
&c. 857
PARAG:Ridiculousness->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be ridiculous
be ridiculous
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ pass from the sublime to the ridiculous
pass from the sublime to the ridiculous
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ make one laugh
make one laugh
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ play the fool
play the fool
make a fool of oneself
commit an absurdity
PARAG:Ridiculousness->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ ridiculous
ridiculous
ludicrous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ comical
comical
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ droll
droll
funny
laughable
pour rire
grotesque
farcical
odd
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ whimsical
whimsical
whimsical as a dancing bear
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ fanciful
fanciful
fantastic
queer
rum
quizzical
quaint
bizarre
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ screaming
screaming
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ eccentric
eccentric
&c.(unconformable) 83
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ strange
strange
outlandish
out of the way
baroque
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ awkward
awkward
&c.(ugly) 846
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ extravagant
extravagant
outre
monstrous
preposterous
bombastic
inflated
stilted
burlesque
mock heroic
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ drollish
drollish
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ seriocomic
seriocomic
tragicomic
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ gimcrack
gimcrack
contemptible
&c.(unimportant) 643
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ doggerel
doggerel
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ ironical
ironical
&c.(derisive) 856
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ risible
risible

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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