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ludicrous

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adjective
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As an adjective, ludicrous means idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.

Meanings of ludicrous

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.

    “He made a ludicrous attempt to run for office.”

  2. Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

    “the wild farcical exuberance of a clown”

    “ludicrous green hair”

    Similar: farcical, ridiculous

  3. So unreasonable as to invite derision

    “the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”

    “that's a cockeyed idea”

    “ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer”

    Similar: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, nonsensical

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for ludicrous →
adjective: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
farcicalridiculous
adjective: so unreasonable as to invite derision
absurdcockeyedderisoryidioticlaughablenonsensicalpreposterousridiculous

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