ridiculous

«ridiculous» in Mova's school dictionary: Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (ridiculous, more ridiculous, most ridiculous); adverb (ridiculously)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat». tree →

2) (informal) Extreme; amazing: «The price was ridiculous.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In Alice in Wonderland, almost everything is ridiculous — a Caucus-race where everyone wins, a trial where the sentence comes first. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad's boasting is ridiculous. In maths, a ridiculous answer (like a child 50 metres tall) tells you to check your working — always ask «does this answer make sense?».

examples

• That's a ridiculous excuse! tree →
• Toad looked ridiculous in the washerwoman's bonnet. tree →
• «Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen. «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous. tree →
• The shoes were ridiculously expensive. tree →
• If your answer says a cat weighs 400 kg, it's ridiculous — check it. tree →
• He wore a ridiculous hat with a feather. tree →
• "What a ridiculous little shoot!" said one. tree →

note

Spelling trap: ridiculous starts with «rid-», not «red-» (from ridicule). Similar: absurd, silly, ludicrous.

In the corpora

• I call it simply ridiculous.» The first swallow: «we're not off yet ...

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ridiculous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.