German English Dictionary

lächerlich in English:

1. dunstable

English word "lächerlich"(dunstable) occurs in sets:

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2. ludicrously

ludicrously = ridiculously

ludicrously = ridiculously. It is ludicrous to suggest that she was a government agent. An example of ludicrous is the claim that President Obama was born outside of the United States.

English word "lächerlich"(ludicrously) occurs in sets:

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3. risible

New York seemed either frightening or risible to the rest of the nation.

Do you find it risible?

English word "lächerlich"(risible) occurs in sets:

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4. slights

We also forgive the slights and wounds inflicted by others, and are particularly likely to forgive people if we are in contact with them

English word "lächerlich"(slights) occurs in sets:

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5. laughable

You're going to teach me? That's laughable!

Most airline passengers think it is laughable that a small yellow life jacket will make any difference if the plane crashes.

If it weren't amusing it would be laughable.

Privately they thought the idea laughable.

Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault.

English word "lächerlich"(laughable) occurs in sets:

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6. ridiculous

Shame on you for getting so flustered. You looked ridiculous.

Ridiculous!

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

But that's ridiculous! Dima protested. "Kopeks haven't been around in ages! And 0.99 isn't even a natural number!"

It is rather ridiculous that, in some countries, a person cannot even release their own work into the public domain.

Dima... Al-Sayib said. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!

It is ridiculous as well as foolish to think man superior to woman, or woman to man.

How can one be serious with the world when the world itself is so ridiculous!

Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

“when you realize how ridiculous these scenarios are, you will have to laugh”

It is an utterly ridiculous scheme, of which Parliament should be ashamed.

Hotels used to make a lot of money out of customers by charging a ridiculous amount for phone calls.

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.

English word "lächerlich"(ridiculous) occurs in sets:

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7. derisory

English word "lächerlich"(derisory) occurs in sets:

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related words

kindisch in English

other words beginning with "L"

luxemburg in English
luxuriös in English
lächeln in English
lärm in English
lässig in English
lästig in English