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Ridiculous vs Vapid - What's the difference?

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Ridiculous is a related term of vapid.


As adjectives the difference between ridiculous and vapid

is that ridiculous is deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd while vapid is lifeless, dull or banal.

ridiculous

English

Alternative forms

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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

    Related terms

    * deride * derision * ridicule * ridiculosity * ridiculously

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ous

    vapid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lifeless, dull or banal.
  • * 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 30 (ISBN 1857150570)
    • Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid , and senseless.
  • Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

    • Derived terms

    * vapidity * vapidly * vapidness

    Synonyms

    * See , ,

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