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adjective causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
Origin of ludicrous 1610–20; from Latin lūdicrus “sportive,” equivalent to lūdicr(um) “a show, public games” (lūdi-, stem of lūdere “to play” + -crum noun suffix of instrument or result) + -us -ous
SYNONYMS FOR ludicrous farcical.
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synonym study for ludicrous See funny1 .
OTHER WORDS FROM ludicrous lu·di·crous·ly, adverb lu·di·crous·ness, noun un·lu·di·crous, adjective un·lu·di·crous·ly, adverb
un·lu·di·crous·ness, noun
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Words nearby ludicrous Lüdenscheid, luderick, Lüderitz, Ludhiana, ludic, ludicrous , Ludlow, ludo, Ludwig, Ludwig II, Ludwig's angina
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Example sentences from the Web for ludicrous It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.
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Here was plot and matter for ludicrous corroboree, the first rehearsal of which took place on the scene.
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It was ludicrous to watch the expression on the various faces.
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It was ludicrous to contemplate telling Aunt Julia; it would not have been more ludicrous to tell Edith.
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Bathos, a Greek word meaning depth, now used to signify a ludicrous sinking from the elevated to the mean in writing or speech.
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Evidently he believed himself irresistible, and his smirking, posing, and ogling were ludicrous to the last degree.
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British Dictionary definitions for ludicrous adjective absurd or incongruous to the point of provoking ridicule or laughter
Derived forms of ludicrous ludicrously , adverb ludicrousness , noun Word Origin for ludicrous C17: from Latin lūdicrus done in sport, from lūdus game; related to lūdere to play
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