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Ridiculous vs Trifling - What's the difference?

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Ridiculous is a related term of trifling.


As adjectives the difference between ridiculous and trifling

is that ridiculous is deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd while trifling is trivial, or of little importance.

As a noun trifling is

the act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.

ridiculous

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
  • 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 also

    Antonyms

    * straightforward * serious * somber * solemn

    Derived terms

    * ridic * ridiculousness

    trifling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • trivial, or of little importance
  • * 2005 , .
  • it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money.
  • idle or frivolous
  • Synonyms

    * trivial * inconsequential * petty * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
  • * George Croly, Samuel Warren, Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman
  • He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.

    Anagrams

    * flirting