ridiculous

adj

1. absurd, inane, pointless, fatuous; nonsensical, senseless, Inf. damfool, Inf. damfoolish, tomfoolish, foolish, Scot, and North Eng. glaikit, Sl. cockeyed; poppycockish, Sl. cockamamie, amphigoric; asinine, anserine, idiotic, Inf. moronic, imbecilic; stupid, unintelligent, mindless, fatuitous, slow, brainless; empty-headed, blank, vacant, vacuous; childish, puerile, green, immature; crazy, crazed, Sl. kooky, Scot. doiled, mad, wild, insane, demented; daft, Inf. daffy, crackbrained, Inf. nutty; AH Slang. balmy, dippy, batty, cuckoo, buggy, screwy, wacky, goofy, loony.

2. comical, farcical, burlesque; satirical, ironical, sarcastic, cynical; derisible, risible, laughable, good for a laugh, ludicrous, Sl. for the birds; humorous, funny, too funny for words, droll; waggish, witty, roguish, jocular, jocose, facetious, sportive; diverting, entertaining, mirthful, amusing; sidesplitting, screaming, hilarious, uproarious.

3. unreasonable, irrational, illogical, without rhyme or reason, meaningless; preposterous, extravagant, outrageous, monstrous, outlandish, bombastic, high-flown; eccentric, odd, Archaic. antic, out-of-the-way, strange, peculiar, quaint; queer, quizzical, grotesque, bizarre; imaginary, fantastic, fabulous, illusory, illusive, chimerical; incredible, inconceivable, unimaginable, unthinkable; unbelievable, hard to believe, beyond belief, implausible, untenable, unheard-of; doubtful, doubtable, dubitable, questionable.

4. untrue, fallacious, impossible, sophistic, sophistical, incorrect, erroneous; self-contradictory, paradoxical, inconsistent, incongruous.

5. inappropriate, unbecoming, improper, impractical, Fr. outre. unwise, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-advised; egregious, glaring, flagrant, gross, arrant.