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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#m1)

2) (informal) Extreme; amazing: «The price was ridiculous.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x1)
- Toad looked ridiculous in the washerwoman's bonnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x2)
- «Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen. «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x3)
- The shoes were ridiculously expensive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x4)
- If your answer says a cat weighs 400 kg, it's ridiculous — check it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x5)
- He wore a ridiculous hat with a feather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x6)
- "What a ridiculous little shoot!" said one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/#x7)

### 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 ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ridiculous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.