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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get This is getting ridiculous! ADV. bloody (taboo), really | absolutely, completely, downright, quite, totally, utterly It's downright ridiculous that the library isn't open on Mondays! | almost | a bit, faintly, a little, mildly, pretty, rather, slightly, somewhat | patently The whole idea was patently ridiculous. PHRASES a sense of the ridiculous The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous.
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ridiculous
adverbs
absolutely/utterly ridiculous
• You look absolutely ridiculous in that short skirt.
quite ridiculous
(= completely ridiculous )
• I thought his behaviour was quite ridiculous.
totally ridiculous
• The idea is totally ridiculous.
slightly ridiculous
• Andrew felt slightly ridiculous carrying the dog.
faintly ridiculous
(= slightly ridiculous )
• Her urge to run away seemed faintly ridiculous now.
patently ridiculous
(= obviously ridiculous )
• Her excuse was patently ridiculous.
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