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
ludicrous Related Forms
lu′·di·crously adverb
lu′·di·crous·ness noun
ludicrous Synonyms
ludicrous
modif.
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?
- frankly: The sections of the film not about gambling seem frankly ludicrous.
- utterly: The quality of these books varies from the simply mediocre to the utterly ludicrous.
- absolutely: For someone to say I want to be sexual on Satan's side and godly is absolutely ludicrous.
- slightly: There is nothing shocking in this slightly ludicrous event.
- somewhat: It is a somewhat ludicrous undertaking, with many pitfalls the danger of treachery and the risk of ultimate failure in the quest.
Infinitive complement
- suggest: It is ludicrous to suggest that Jessica can move to Iran.
- think: It's sounds ludicrous to think that record could be 80 or 90 goals in 113 games but it's true.
- say: It's ludicrous to say they should be culled.
- have: It was ludicrous to have a major local derby game as a mid-week fixture in a ground with major road access problems.
Modifies a noun
- accusation: Please keep your ludicrous accusations to yourself in future.
- assertion: So we will sweep aside Labor's ludicrous assertion that Britain's streets are becoming safer than ever.
- notion: Not one human rights organization supports the ludicrous notion that Israel does not target civilians.
- proposition: This would have been a ludicrous proposition in the glow of last summer's Ashes victory.
- complexity: He's actually just trying to illustrate the ludicrous complexity of Gordo's tax credit scheme.
- situation: With any luck, this ludicrous situation will not last for many more years.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near ludicrous
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