ludicrous
/ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs//ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/
ludicrous adjective: idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
Adjective
ludicrous (comparative more ludicrous, superlative most ludicrous)
- 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.
- Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- laughable, ridiculous, risible
- Playful, fun, entertaining.
- […]to auert their conceits from the consideration of serious, and grauer matters, by feeding their humors, and delighting their fansies with such fabulous and ludicrous toyes.1598, Francis Thynne, Francis Thynne's Animaduersions upon Speight's first Edition of Chaucers Workes
ludicrous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ludicrous in Hindi
- idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny
- हास्यास्पद hāsyāspad
ludicrous in Tamil
- நகைப்புக்கிடமான, பொருந்தாத, முட்டாள் தனமான, கலியான
ludicrous in Urdu
- مضحکہ خیز
ludicrous in Bengali
- হাস্যকর, অদ্ভুত, হাস্যস্পদ, উদ্ভট
More languagesFewer languages
- ludicrous in Malayalam
- പരിഹാസ്യമായ, ഹാസ്യമായ, ചിരിയുളവാക്കുന്ന
- ludicrous in Kannada
- ನಗೆಪಾಟಲಿನ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದ, ನಗೆಗೀಡಾಗುವ, ಗೇಲಿಯಾದ
- ludicrous in Indonesian
- konyol
Examples of ludicrous in a sentence
- To put a beauty salon alongside a black iron gym was ludicrous.
- A bad sci-fi movie is often ludicrous and silly and ripe for riffing.
- The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous.
Synonyms of ludicrous
Forms of ludicrous
| comparative | more ludicrous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ludicrous |
Origin of ludicrous
Learned borrowing from Latin lūdicrus. First attested in 1619.
Words formed from ludicrous
Questions about ludicrous
- What does ludicrous mean?
- Ludicrous means idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
- What is ludicrous in Hindi?
- Ludicrous in Hindi is हास्यास्पद (hāsyāspad). See Ludicrous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ludicrous?
- Ludicrous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ludicrous?
- Ludicrous is pronounced /ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/ (UK).
Words near ludicrous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ludicrous (page history and authors); ludicrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ludicrous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Ludicrous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ludicrous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ludicrous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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