ridiculous

adjective/rɪˈdɪkjələs/

Frequency rank: #2,220 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

So silly or unreasonable that it deserves to be laughed at.

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Example sentence

The idea was so ridiculous that everyone burst out laughing.

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