Synonyms:
pathetic, ridiculous, silly
Meaning: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
Synonyms:
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
Meaning: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
Usage examples
That's ridiculous.
That is ridiculous.
Ridiculous young man!
Why, it's perfectly ridiculous."
"That's ridiculous!" put in Ellen.
That would be ridiculous, he said.
As ridiculous as it was unnecessary
"How ridiculous I was as a Marionette!
Why should he have put himself in such a ridiculous position?
They were to the full as ridiculous as his philosophical pretensions.