ridiculous (adj.)
- absurd
- amusing
- antic
- barred
- bizarre
- cockamamie
- comic
- comical
- crazy
- doubtable
- doubtful
- droll
- dubious
- dubitable
- eccentric
- extravagant
- fantastic
- farcical
- foolish
- funny
- grotesque
- high-flown
- hilarious
- hopeless
- humorous
- implausible
- impossible
- improper
- inane
- inconceivable
- incongruous
- incredible
- indecent
- indelicate
- insane
- laughable
- ludicrous
- malodorous
- mirthful
- monstrous
- nonsensical
- outlandish
- outrageous
- outre
- paradoxical
- preposterous
- priceless
- problematic
- prohibited
- quaint
- queer
- questionable
- quizzical
- rich
- risible
- rough
- screaming
- self-contradictory
- silly
- stupid
- suspect
- suspicious
- tall
- thick
- thin
- unbecoming
- unbelievable
- unconvincing
- unearthly
- ungodly
- unimaginable
- unseemly
- unthinkable
- weird
- whimsical
- wild
- witty
- zany
He said they that were serious in ridiculous matters would be ridiculous in serious affairs.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
He said they that were serious in ridiculous matters would be ridiculous in serious affairs.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Probably this is the original of Napoleon's celebrated mot, "Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas" (From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step).
