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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Ridiculous

Do these two def. of ridiculous have a positive sense?

TFD -- here are 2 of the Thesaurus entries offered by TFD:

ridiculous adjective
1. Deserving laughter:
comic, comical, farcical, funny, laughable, laughing, ludicrous, risible.
2. Beyond all reason:
obscene, outrageous, preposterous, shocking, unconscionable, unreasonable.
Idioms: out of bounds, out of sigh
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ridiculous

  

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Tara2 Do these two def. of ridiculous have a positive sense? For a person or a thing to be called ridiculous is never good, and these particular definitions are no exception.

  • Tara2 Do these two def.
  • of ridiculous have a positive sense?
  • For a person or a thing to be called ridiculous is never good, and these particular definitions are no exception.
  • CJ
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Tara2Do these two def. of ridiculous have a positive sense?

For a person or a thing to be called ridiculous is never good, and these particular definitions are no exception.

CJ

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