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Significats de derisory en anglès

Incongruous; inviting ridicule.

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      1
      No, not ridiculous; only a simple idea, and great in its simplicity.
      Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
      2
      The mountains are in labor, a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
      The Works of Horace
      3
      We eternally step from the sublime to the ridiculous; we want taste.
      The Pilgrims of the Rhine
      4
      His idealism had made him ridiculous in the eyes of the townsfolk.
      Elder Conklin and Other Stories
      5
      The scene was interrupted in an unexpected and ridiculous manner-thetelephone rang.
      Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
      1
      Looked at from our point of view the problems were quite absurd.
      The End of Man?
      2
      This approach and the list of functions was of course completely absurd.
      The Guardian
      3
      The position of Germany, the euro zone's main lender, is increasingly absurd.
      Reuters
      4
      Of course Martin had been broken; it was absurd to think otherwise.
      Deep black
      5
      Perhaps the situation was just too absurd for him to take seriously.
      A Winter Haunting
      1
      MURRAY: The thought of that happening in my family was completely ludicrous.
      Ebony
      2
      Alas nowadays health and safety and ludicrous red tape has hampered stuntsters.
      The Guardian
      3
      Some great saves, some ludicrous decisions coming off his line as well.
      The Guardian
      4
      It might seem ludicrous but football is an impatient business these days.
      The Irish Times
      5
      The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself.
      The Celebrity, Volume 01
      1
      Simply, as she thought that preposterous idea, it began to take shape.
      Complete Books of Blood
      2
      Or perhaps I never really believed that the preposterous toy would work.
      Axiomatic
      3
      But, in recent years, the documentary competition has been almost as preposterous.
      The Irish Times
      4
      To a gringo such a thing sounds preposterous, impossible, am I right?
      The bourne objective
      5
      No idea was too preposterous; and not one of them bore fruit.
      Amagansett
      1
      There's a great deal more of this idiotic list-making still to come.
      The Irish Times
      2
      There's a YouTube video already, of course, and the inevitable idiotic comments.
      NY Magazine
      3
      For example, check out this idiotic exchange on the blog The Intersection.
      Wired
      4
      I lose it in the vulgarest way-andsay the most idiotic things.
      Delia Blanchflower
      5
      I say idiotic because, already, science can replicate meat using plant-based proteins.
      The Irish Times
      1
      He finds laughable the idea that political freedom is a Western construct.
      Reuters
      2
      That is the laughable idea the Turnbull government would have you believe.
      The Guardian
      3
      Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and laughable.
      The Girls
      4
      North Korea has dismissed the offer of multilateral security guarantees as laughable.
      The Irish Times
      5
      He could see nothing laughable about the desperate situation in the district.
      Seven Icelandic Short Stories
      1
      A moment later, Sam heard Tricia's whispered voice, crooning sympathetic, nonsensical words.
      Love- from his point of view!
      2
      They take place in a constant, denatured present and are often nonsensical.
      The Guardian
      3
      The failings were unacceptable and the lack of testing nonsensical, she said.
      The Guardian
      4
      Text from both the original and wannabe software often makes nonsensical leaps.
      Wired
      5
      It was a nonsensical plan, like millions of others made that day.
      Let's take the long way home: a memoir of friendship
      1
      His ex-wife espoused a cockeyed fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
      Getting in: a novel
      2
      His cockeyed version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
      Further adventures
      3
      In the end he left the post standing cockeyed in the stream.
      The story of edgar sawtelle
      4
      We'll put it this way, to start: Something cockeyed is going on.
      Highways in Hiding
      5
      Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly cockeyed.
      Reuters
      Ús de derisory en anglès
      1
      Those bids were immediately rejected out of hand as derisory and insulting.
      The Guardian
      2
      All they offered was a derisory non-naming rights option as an alternative.
      News.com.au
      3
      That derisory fee doesn't cut any mustard with old Steve Coppell though.
      The Guardian
      4
      He's taken the derisory offer in order to build up his work experience.
      The South African
      5
      The article says, for instance Sinn Fein might well receive a derisory vote.
      The Irish Times
      6
      That's one heck of a derisory statement against the recipient of such largesse.
      The Irish Times
      7
      Roma fixes the court, and the family face eviction, eased by derisory compensation.
      The Guardian
      8
      She treats that alternative, though, as derisory.-AndI haven't a doubt she's right.
      Mary Wollaston
      9
      Kiera dismissed the impudent girl from her thoughts with a derisory mental sneer.
      The Naked God
      10
      The Government's response to violence against women has been derisory.
      The Irish Times
      11
      The fines for traffic offences are derisory and no deterrent.
      The Irish Times
      12
      This would be derisory -it would not even pay to rebuild one school.
      The Guardian
      13
      It was disgraceful that the recommendation was so derisory.
      The Irish Times
      14
      He pretends to be derisory, but I am convinced that really he is desperately jealous.
      The Lost Naval Papers
      15
      Opposition member Pascal Haonga said: Paying a derisory per diem is partly responsible for the loss.
      The South African
      16
      In short, the independent directors are strongly opposed to the offer which they see as derisory.
      The Irish Times
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