ridiculousness
State of absurdity
Ridiculousness is the quality of being absurd, laughable, or deserving of mockery.
It can describe genuine foolishness or be used for emphasis: The ridiculousness of the situation finally hit me.
Unlike absurdity, which can be philosophical, ridiculousness usually invites scorn or laughter: I can't get past the sheer ridiculousness of that excuse.
Amusing quality
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- parodySatirical imitation
spoof · sketch · buffoonery · clowning · shtick · pratfall · antic · caper
Unwise conduct
- imprudenceUnwise decision-making
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
stupidity · idiocy · senselessness · irrationality · madness · craziness · blunder · fiasco
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
travesty · send-up · takeoff · spoof · scorn · jest · jape · charade
Departure from the expected
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- mismatchIncompatible combination
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
anachronism · contradiction · absurdism · surreal · bizarre · outlandish · grotesque · fantastical
Completely contrary to reason
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- senselessLacking reason or awareness
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
unreasonable · inane · ludicrous · laughable · unthinkable · inconceivable · improbable · unbelievable
Senseless talk or writing
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
claptrap · poppycock · hogwash · malarkey · hooey · bosh · tripe · bunkum
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
inflation · overkill · overemphasis · magnification · overplaying · overselling · grandiosity · bombast
humor
Amusing quality
parody · spoof · sketch · buffoonery · clowning · shtick · pratfall · antic · caper · tomfoolery
foolishness
Unwise conduct
- imprudenceUnwise decision-making
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
rashness · stupidity · idiocy · senselessness · irrationality · madness · craziness · blunder · fiasco · debacle
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
burlesque · travesty · send-up · takeoff · spoof · scorn · jest · jape · charade · masquerade
anomaly
Departure from the expected
juxtaposition · anachronism · contradiction · absurdism · surreal · bizarre · outlandish · grotesque · fantastical · peculiarity
preposterous
Completely contrary to reason
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- senselessLacking reason or awareness
irrational · unreasonable · inane · ludicrous · laughable · unthinkable · inconceivable · improbable · unbelievable · outrageous
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
bunk · claptrap · poppycock · hogwash · malarkey · hooey · bosh · tripe · bunkum · codswallop
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · inflation · overkill · overemphasis · magnification · overplaying · overselling · grandiosity · bombast · pomposity
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
- Nonsense & Oxymoronsparadox, contradiction, nonsense, gibberish, balderdash
ridiculousnessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
gravity · solemnity · gravitas · earnestness · weightiness
ridiculousnessreasonableness
Quality of being fair-minded
sensibleness · logic · rationality · sanity · soundness
ridiculousnessdignity
Innate personal worth
respectability · stateliness · nobility · propriety · decorum
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