Text: 1 so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter<a movie thriller with such a ridiculous plot that it gets only guffaws from audiences>Synonymsabsurd, comical, derisive, derisory, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, risible, sillyRelated Wordsasinine, brainless, dumb, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, jerky, moronic, nonsensical, simpleminded, stupid, unwise, weak-minded, witless; balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, insane, kooky, loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nutty, screwball, senseless, wacky; fantastic, far-fetched, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unreal, unreasonableNear Antonymsearnest, serious, solemn; believable, conceivable, credible, logical, rational, realistic, reasonable, sensible 2 causing or intended to cause laughter<a movie comedian who has perfected the ridiculous pratfall>— see funny 1

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