ridiculous
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(s) inspiring scornful pity
- "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
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(s) 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
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(s) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
- the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
- ludicrous green hair