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Adjective: ridiculous  ri'dikyulus
  1. Inspiring scornful pity
    - pathetic, silly
     
  2. Incongruous; inviting ridicule
    "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
    - absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous
     
  3. Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
    - farcical, ludicrous

See also: foolish, humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], ridicule, ridiculousness, undignified

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