Alice-in-Wonderland

adjective

Definition of Alice-in-Wonderlandnext
as in nightmarish

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  1. ridiculous
  2. farcical
  3. surreal
  4. Kafkaesque
  5. ludicrous
  6. laughable
Adjective
  • Injury updates The revolving door in John Worley’s training room has spun at a ridiculous pace lately.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Gibson spends most of the premiere in a ridiculous wig of surfer curls; by the end, he’s got Hall’s haircut, and his inner monologue sounds suspiciously like his predecessor.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of ridiculous
Adjective
  • Court proceedings become farcical shams from which the promise of impartial justice — and, with it, public trust in the legitimacy of our criminal justice system — entirely disappears.
    Adam Farkas, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2024
  • The strike even bled into 1995, when 29 owners (all but Baltimore’s Peter Angelos) staged a farcical spring training with replacement players.
    Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of farcical
Adjective
  • KoKo’s Earth Control (1928) Imaginative, sassy, surreal and nonlinear characterize films from the Fleischer Studios, which battled the Walt Disney Co. for animation supremacy during the 1920s and ’30s, with their competing styles delighting audiences and leading to many technical advancements.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Acutely self-aware but nevertheless unapologetic, Vasquez steers his surreal and cynical midnight treasure just to the point of mainstream acceptability here.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • The Productivity Paradox Haly’s future is snagged in a heartbreaking and maddening plot twist, one that may seem all too familiar in our Kafkaesque healthcare system.
    Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • His mirthless laugh might have suggested Kafkaesque persecution, or Hardyesque inexorability of fate.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of Kafkaesque
Adjective
  • Lawyers for Riggs said the protest amounted to a ludicrous request for a do-over.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Both are ludicrous and wholly premature suggestions.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of ludicrous
Adjective
  • That might come as a surprise to some travelers, especially when the thought of relaxing can feel laughable after reckoning with airport’s infamous curbside gridlock.
    Chris Dong, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The movie’s attempt to capture the discord is contrived at best, laughable at worst.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of laughable
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