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Definitions

ridiculousness

[ri-dik-yuh-luhs-nis] / rɪˈdɪk yə ləs nɪs /
NOUN
humor
Synonyms
STRONG
bee bent bias caprice character comedy comicality conceit disposition drollery fancy funniness humorousness individualism individuality jocoseness jocosity jocularity makeup mind nature notion personality propensity quirk spirits strain temper tone vagary vein whim wit wittiness
WEAK
comicalness drollness farcicality frame of mind ludicrousness zaniness
Antonyms
STRONG
disinclination dislike hate seriousness

Example Sentences

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Proud, flamboyant ridiculousness is all over Mr. Jacobs’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

This is such ridiculousness, and it never seems to end.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025

The baby faces, she said, defused the tense environment and made the ridiculousness of the conflict even more stark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Beatty’s cascading, relentless prose conjures a world in which the ridiculousness of race as a social construct leads to high absurdity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Even though we ended up laughing over the ridiculousness of me trying to fight them, I guess Natalie and Angie aren’t exactly cool with me yet.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.