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ludicrous definition

lu·di·crous (lo̵̅o̅′di krəs)

adjective

so absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter

Etymology: L ludicrus < ludus, a play, game < IE base *leid-, to play, tease > Gr loidorein, to rail at, rebuke

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ludicrous Synonyms

ludicrous

modif.

laughable, farcical, ridiculous, outlandish; see absurd, funny 1. See syn. study at absurd.


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ludicrous Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • faintly: Doesn't the money offered to her by all these men in suits who sell pumps seem faintly ludicrous?

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: It is ludicrous to suggest that Jessica can move to Iran.

Modifies a noun

  • accusation: Please keep your ludicrous accusations to yourself in future.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: For the college to let him go seems ludicrous.
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ludicrous quotes

A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible.If that sense is lost, his fellow-men can do little for him.

-Emerson, RalphWaldo

There are even times when any assumption of dignity becomes ludicrous, and the traveller must, as Mungo Park once had to do,'lay down as a rule to make himself as useless and as insignificant as possible, as the only means of recovering his liberty'.

-Galton, Sir Francis

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