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Definition of ridiculousness:

The quality of being ridiculous.

Synonyms:

comicalness, humor, jocoseness, absurdity, farcicality, zaniness, jocularity, absurdness, fatuousness, humorousness, wittiness, comedy, drollery, fatuity, comicality, laughter, jocosity, wit, funniness, drollness.

ridiculousness (part of speech: noun)
- eccentricity,
- craziness,
- ludicrousness,
- incredibility,
- curiosity,
- bizarreness,
- outlandishness,
- grotesqueness,
- outrageousness,
- preposterousness,
- silliness,
- weirdness,
- dubiousness,
- foolishness,
- farce,
- absurdity,
- nonsensicality

Usage examples:

In a flash he had seen the ridiculousness of endeavouring to convince a stout lady in black that he was a gentleman paying a call on the Countess.

- "The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns", Arnold Bennett.
Under almost any circumstances the bishop could smile, and now he smiled at the ridiculousness of the idea of Margery's rowing that boat back against the current, and with him in it.

- "The Associate Hermits", Frank R. Stockton.
Thatcher flushed, embarrassed, nervous,- feeling the ridiculousness of saying, " Thank you" to a dark somebody,- struck the match, beheld by its brief, uncertain glimmer Carmen de Haro beside him, burned his fingers, coughed, dropped the match, and was cast again into outer darkness.

- "The Story of a Mine", Bret Harte.