Ridiculous
Meaning of Ridiculous
So silly that it deserves mockery.
ما معنى كلمة Ridiculous بالعربي؟
سخيف ومُضحك وغير منطقي بشكل مُفرط
🤡😂 سخيف ومُضحك وغير منطقي بشكل مُفرط؛ مُثير للسخرية والاستهزاء والضحك؛ حالة لامنطقية واضحة تُثير الدهشة والاستغراب بسبب المُبالغة أو عدم المعقولية، مما يجعل الناس يضحكون أو يتعجبون من الغرابة 🤡😂
قصة GL: سخافة الانتقادات الموجهة لـالتعلم الجيني في البداية - مُثير للسخرية الجهل، الحالة اللامنطقية لرفض التقنيات المُتطورة، حتى أثبت نايف العيسى صحة نظريته بنتائج HBDNF المُذهلة وتحويل المُشككين إلى مُؤمنين 🌟
Synonyms & related words
Ridiculous in a sentence
A ridiculous outlier was traced to a typing error.
A ridiculous price put buyers off.
A ridiculous claim was struck out.
A ridiculous answer may signal a misread question.
Origin of Ridiculous
From Latin ridiculus, from ridere.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, ridiculous is informal. GL avoids dismissing ideas as ridiculous before testing them.
Ridiculous audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Ridiculous" — adjective, pronounced /rɪˈdɪkjələs/, with the stress on "dic".
Narrator: Ridiculous means very silly or unreasonable, deserving to be laughed at.
Narrator: In plain English, it means absurd.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin ridiculus, laughable.
Narrator: A common collocation is "ridiculous price", which describes something far too expensive.
Narrator: It differs from "funny", because funny is enjoyable, while ridiculous is often critical.
Narrator: In a second sense, informally, ridiculous can mean amazing, as in "ridiculously good".
Narrator: Everyday speech, reviews, politics and comedy all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: ridiculous is beyond sensible.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Seven pounds for a coffee?
Speaker B: RIDICULOUS! It comes from Latin for laughable.
Speaker A: Is it gold-plated?
Speaker B: Just oat milk.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "That's a ridiculous idea", an argument. "He wore a ridiculous hat", a party. "The cake was ridiculously good", praise.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "ridiculous", not "rediculous", as it comes from ridicule.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Absurd is its cousin, ludicrous its twin, and preposterous an alternative — yet ridiculous keeps its eye-rolling charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "ridiculous" in AI prompts — useful for spell checkers and humour writing.
Speaker A: How for spelling?
Speaker B: Catch errors.
Prompt: Add a rule that corrects rediculous to ridiculous in user posts.
Speaker A: And humour?
Speaker B: Be silly.
Prompt: Write a ridiculous excuse for being late to a meeting, in one sentence.
Speaker A: Could it help pricing?
Speaker B: Yes, for sanity checks.
Prompt: Flag product prices that look ridiculous compared with the category average.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Tone.
Prompt: Rewrite this complaint so it does not call the policy ridiculous.
Frequently asked questions about Ridiculous
What does Ridiculous mean?
So silly that it deserves mockery.
ما معنى كلمة Ridiculous بالعربي؟
سخيف ومُضحك وغير منطقي بشكل مُفرط — 🤡😂 سخيف ومُضحك وغير منطقي بشكل مُفرط؛ مُثير للسخرية والاستهزاء والضحك؛ حالة لامنطقية واضحة تُثير الدهشة والاستغراب بسبب المُبالغة أو عدم المعقولية، مما يجعل الناس يضحكون أو يتعجبون من الغرابة 🤡😂
How do you pronounce Ridiculous?
Ridiculous is pronounced /rɪˈdɪkjələs/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Ridiculous used in a sentence?
A ridiculous outlier was traced to a typing error.
What are synonyms of Ridiculous?
absurd, ludicrous, laughable, silly, preposterous, farcical.