LUDICROUS

(adj.) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
"the wild farcical exuberance of a clown", "ludicrous green hair"
synonyms : farcical , ridiculous
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : absurd , cockeyed , derisory , idiotic , laughable , nonsensical , preposterous , ridiculous

Mnemonics for ludicrous

(Tag: ) rearranging the word you get ridiculous .. which is humorous .. ie laughable; trifling
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(Tag: ) ludicrous=ludo+crush..."my younger sister ,who is just 7 yrs old says i have a CRUSH on LUDO...bcoz i love playing that game and everytime i win...!"...after hearing this all the family members started LAUGHING AND TRIFLING....:)
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(Tag: ) and absurd. (basically taken from a Latin ludicrus, from ludus which means play, sport; perhaps it is also similar to Greek loidoros which means abusive ..and root word that is involved here is lud/lus...means play.)
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(Tag: ) ludicrous......focus....on the first letter ludi..ludo..a GAME PLAYED.. with dice and counters....+CROUS...crush..(means..love..) so you PLAY ...a game of love ...so ludicrous ..is associated with a kind of play, which is quite comical, amusing and a
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(Tag: global) in ludicrous.crous it little bit similar to circus where joker make funny and amuseing things which make ppl laugh.
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(Tag: hindi) ludicrous seems pretty like cruxification for di( sister ) which you think is irrational or unreasonable
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