adj · neutral
ridiculous
/rɪˈdɪkjələs/ri·DIC·u·lous
Band 5-6speakingtask2
so unreasonable or silly that it deserves mockery or cannot be taken seriously
Examples
“It's ridiculous to expect someone to work ten hours without a break.”
“The idea sounded ridiculous at first, but it worked.”
“He made a ridiculous claim that nobody believed.”
Band 8 sentence
“The committee rejected the proposal as ridiculous because it ignored basic safety regulations.”
Collocations
- utterly ridiculous
- seem ridiculous
- ridiculously expensive
Word family
ridiculous adjridiculousness nridiculously adv
Common mistakes
The price is ridiculous expensive.→The price is ridiculously expensive.
This is very ridiculous.→This is ridiculous.
Say it for a higher band
5silly→6absurd→7+ridiculous
Synonyms
absurd
ludicrous
Easily confused
absurd
“The judge dismissed the claim as absurd.”
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