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ludicrous 音標拼音: [l'udəkrəs] a. 可笑的,滑稽的,荒唐的 可笑的,滑稽的,荒唐的 ludicrous adj 1: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; " the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; " ludicrous green hair" [ synonym: { farcical}, { ludicrous}, { ridiculous}] 2: incongruous; inviting ridicule; " the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; " that' s a cockeyed idea"; " ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; " a contribution so small as to be laughable"; " it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; " a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; " her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [ synonym: { absurd}, { cockeyed}, { derisory}, { idiotic}, { laughable}, { ludicrous}, { nonsensical}, { preposterous}, { ridiculous}] Ludicrous \ Lu" di* crous\, a. [ L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. -- Broome. [ 1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil' s chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. -- De Quincey. 2. Ridiculously absurd. [ PJC] Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous. Usage: { Ludicrous}, { Laughable}, { Ridiculous}. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- { Lu" di* crous* ly}, adv. -- { Lu" di* crous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " ludicrous": absurd, amusing, antic, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, comic, comical, crazy, droll, eccentric, extravagant, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, grotesque, high- flown, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, incredible, laughable, monstrous, nonsensical, outrageous, outre, poppycockish, preposterous, priceless, quaint, quizzical, rich, ridiculous, risible, screaming, silly, weird, whimsical, wild, witty
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