Ridiculous vs Miraculous - What's the difference?
ridiculous | miraculous |
Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
Pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.
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, year=2012
, date=September 7
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Moldova 0-5 England
, work=BBC Sport
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god (only used when positive).
As adjectives the difference between ridiculous and miraculous
is that ridiculous is deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd while miraculous is pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.ridiculous
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- That hairstyle looks ridiculous .
- It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.
Synonyms
* silly * willy nilly * frivolous * goofy * funny * humorous * absurd * odd * surreal * unreasonable * See alsoAntonyms
* straightforward * serious * somber * solemnDerived terms
* ridic * ridiculousnessExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ousmiraculous
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.}}