noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic of being ridiculous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ridiculousness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result of being ridiculous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a message whose content is at variance with reason
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: absurdity, absurdness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ridiculous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ridiculousness From ridiculous + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: směšnost — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Danish: latterlighed — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Danish: grinagtighed — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Finnish: naurettavuus — characteristic of being ridiculous
- French: ridiculité — characteristic of being ridiculous
- German: Lächerlichkeit — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Polish: niedorzeczność — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Polish: śmieszność — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Ukrainian: смі́шність (smíšnistʹ) — characteristic of being ridiculous
- Finnish: naurunalaisuus — result of being ridiculous
- French: ridiculité — result of being ridiculous
- German: Lächerlichkeit — result of being ridiculous