[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ludicrous \lu"dicrous\, 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"dicrously, adv.
          -- lu"dicrousness, n.
          1913 webster
see also:
ludicrous laughable ridiculous lu"dicrously lu"dicrousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ludicrous
     adj 1: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the
            wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green
            hair" syn: farcical, ridiculous
     2: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "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" syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory,
         idiotic, laughable, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
see also:
farcical ridiculous absurd cockeyed derisory idiotic 
laughable nonsensical preposterous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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