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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. incongruous;inviting ridicule;
- Example: "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
- Example: "that's a cockeyed idea"
- Example: "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
- Example: "a contribution so small as to be laughable"
- Example: "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
- Example: "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
- Example: "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
[syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derisory \De*ri"so*ry\, a. [L. derisorius: cf. F. d['e]risoire.]
   Derisive; mocking. --Shaftesbury.
   [1913 Webster]