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1 ridiculous
[rə'dikjuləs] 1. adjective(very silly; deserving to be laughed at: That's a ridiculous suggestion; You look ridiculous in that hat!) smieklīgs; muļķīgs- ridiculousness
- ridicule 2. noun(laughter at someone or something; mockery: Despite the ridicule of his neighbours he continued to build a spaceship in his garden.) izsmiekls; apsmiekls* * *smieklīgs -
2 don't be ridiculous!
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3 absurd
[əb'sə:d](unreasonable or ridiculous: These demands are absolutely absurd.) absurds; smieklīgs- absurdly- absurdity
- absurdness* * *absurds, bezjēdzīgs; smieklīgs, muļķīgs -
4 caricature
['kærikətjuə](a drawing or imitation (of someone or something) which is so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous: Caricatures of politicians appear in the newspapers every day.) karikatūra* * *karikatūra; kariķēt -
5 charade
(a piece of ridiculous pretence which is so obvious that it does not deceive anyone.) farss- charades* * *šarāde -
6 cock-eyed
adjective (ridiculous: a cock-eyed idea.) dīvains; jucis* * *šķielacains; greizs; jucis, dīvains; piedzēries -
7 derisory
[-səri]adjective (ridiculous: His attempts were derisory.) smieklīgs* * *izsmejošs; smieklīgs, nožēlojams -
8 farce
1) (a (kind of) comic play in which both the characters and the events shown are improbable and ridiculous: The play is a classic farce.) farss2) (any funny or stupid situation in real life: The meeting was an absolute farce.) farss; joks•- farcical* * *farss, joks -
9 farcical
adjective (completely ridiculous, and therefore usually humorous: The whole idea was farcical.) farsa-; komisks* * *farsa, komisks -
10 foolish
1) (having no sense: He is a foolish young man.) muļķīgs2) (ridiculous: He looked very foolish.) muļķīgs* * *muļķīgs -
11 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) bailes; izbailes2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) biedēklis; ķēms•- frighten
- frightened
- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
- take fright* * *izbailes, bailes; ķēms, biedēklis; biedēt, satraukt -
12 laughable
1) (ridiculous or deserving scorn: Her attempts at drawing were laughable.) smieklīgs2) (amusing; comical.) jocīgs* * *smieklīgs, jocīgs; muļķīgs -
13 ludicrous
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14 mimic
['mimik] 1. past tense, past participle - mimicked; verb(to imitate (someone or something), especially with the intention of making him or it appear ridiculous or funny: The comedian mimicked the Prime Minister's way of speaking.) atdarināt; parodēt2. noun(a person who mimics: Children are often good mimics.) atdarinātājs; parodētājs- mimicry* * *atdarinātājs, imitētājs; atdarinātspējīgs zvērs; imitēt, parodēt; pieņemt aizsargkrāsu; atdarināts, imitēts; rotaļu, neīsts -
15 mock
[mok] 1. verb(to laugh at or cause to seem ridiculous: They mocked her efforts at cooking.) izsmiet2. adjective(pretended or not real: a mock battle; He looked at me in mock horror.) neīsts; viltots; tēlots- mockery- mocking
- mockingly* * *izsmiekls; apsmiekls; parodēšana, atdarināšana; izsmiet; imitēt, parodēt; viltots, neīsts; joku -
16 nonsense
['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) muļķības, blēņas* * *muļķības, nieki, blēņas; blēņas!, nieki! -
17 preposterous
[pri'postərəs](very foolish; ridiculous.) absurds; muļķīgs; smieklīgs* * *nejēdzīgs, absurds; muļķīgs -
18 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) redze2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) redzeslauks3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) ievērojama vieta4) (a view or glimpse.) skats; aina5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) izskats; paskats6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) tēmēklis2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) ieraudzīt; samanīt2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) []mērķēt (uz kaut ko); []tēmēt•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of* * *redze; redzeslauks; skatiens; aina, skats; uzskats; mērķēklis, tēmēklis; daudzums, milzums; ieraudzīt, saskatīt; vērot; mērķēt, tēmēt -
19 spoof
[spu:f](a ridiculous imitation, intended to be humorous.) parodija* * *krāpšanās, mānīšanās; parodija; mānīt, krāpt; parodēt -
20 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) uz kāda/kaut kā rēķina2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) pasmejoties par
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