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Meanings of ludicrous in English

Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.

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Incongruous; inviting ridicule.

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Usage of ludicrous in English
1
MURRAY: The thought of that happening in my family was completely ludicrous.
Ebony
2
Alas nowadays health and safety and ludicrous red tape has hampered stuntsters.
The Guardian
3
Some great saves, some ludicrous decisions coming off his line as well.
The Guardian
4
It might seem ludicrous but football is an impatient business these days.
The Irish Times
5
The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself.
The Celebrity, Volume 01
6
It must have looked ludicrous, he knew, using his power for this.
The Neutronium Alchemist
7
But the effects of the gale were not in every respect ludicrous.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans ...
8
It seemed that it was not ludicrous; it was only terribly pathetic.
Lord of the World
9
It occurred to him that Mary would find the story particularly ludicrous.
Eyeless in Gaza
10
The contrast between the Sarajevan and the graceful Montenegrin is positively ludicrous.
The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen...
11
Scapegoating a single production for a company's ruin is ludicrous, of course.
BBC
12
The weeping old man with the cigar in his mouth was ludicrous.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
13
For an instant the scene was ludicrous; but only for an instant.
Tarzan of the Apes
14
It seemed ludicrous to think that truth alone was sufficient for anything.
The First King of Shannara
15
He forged certificates and made ludicrous claims about his so-called communications courses.
The Irish Times
16
The costumes are strange and varied; some are pretty, others almost ludicrous.
West Wind Drift
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Ludicrous across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common