Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ridiculous in American Collocation
ridiculous
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/rɪˈdɪkjələs/
completely
absolutely
completely
downright
frankly
quite
simply
totally
utterly
The church’s minister said: ‘I think this rule is utterly ridiculous.’
clearly
patently
plain
plainly
The idea is patently ridiculous.
slightly
faintly
a little
slightly
The nation at large may regard the British intellectual as slightly ridiculous.
rather
pretty
rather
somewhat
The food was actually pretty good and the amounts somewhat ridiculous.
idea
idea
notion
That would be a ridiculous notion.
statement
accusation
assertion
claim
excuse
lie
rumour
U.S. officials have called the accusations ridiculous.
amount
amount
People have been offering us ridiculous amounts of money for this.
situation
situation
The whole situation is just ridiculous.