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Is ' connotation' appropirate in the following sentence? If not, what is the natural way to say the following sentence?

The word ' ridiculous' invovles a negative connotation . I mean when someone says he is ridiculously kind, the speaker is saying that his kindness makes you uncomfortable. ( Am I right?)
  

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I wouldn't put it quite like that. If someone is "ridiculously kind" to me, that wouldn't normally make me uncomfortable. If I say that someone is "ridiculously kind", I mean that the amount of kindness that they exhibit is ridiculously large.

— KrisBlueNZ

  • I wouldn't put it quite like that.
  • If someone is "ridiculously kind" to me, that wouldn't normally make me uncomfortable.
  • If I say that someone is "ridiculously kind", I mean that the amount of kindness that they exhibit is ridiculously large.
  • "Ridiculously" doesn't necessarily involve a negative connotation.
  • For example, Barney the dinosaur is ridiculously simple, but if you're a child, that might be a GOOD thing.
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I wouldn't put it quite like that. If someone is "ridiculously kind" to me, that wouldn't normally make me uncomfortable.

If I say that someone is "ridiculously kind", I mean that the amount of kindness that they exhibit is ridiculously large. "Ridiculously" doesn't necessarily involve a negative connotation. For example, Barney the dinosaur is ridiculously simple, but if you're a child,
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Hi.

The use of connotation is right in your context.
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