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What Does Ludicrous Mean?

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Ludicrous means "absurd or nonsensical." A ludicrous act is an often an act of embarrassment causing amusement and laughter to the onlookers. The inappropriateness and absurdity of the situation is enough to evoke laughter. Some of the most often used synonyms with respect to the word "ludicrous" are comical, farcical, foolish, ridiculous and stupid. Here are a couple of sentences with the word ludicrous in it:

1)It is completely ludicrous to call that bungalow as palatial.

2)The mistimed shot of the night-watchman in the last ball of the match was the most ludicrous act witnessed in the recent test series.

It is believed that the word "ludicrous" entered popular English literature sometime in the beginning of the 17th century.

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