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Ridiculous - Juxtaposition with the sublime. 1  The ridiculous is sometimes contrasted to the sublime where something with one quality is thought of as approaching, or likely to change to, the other.
2. total, complete, utter, supreme, extreme, consummate The administration's sublime incompetence is probably temporary. Quotations. It is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous [Napoleon Bonaparte]. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again [Thomas Paine The Age of Reason ]. adjective.