Definition of ludicrous

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Ludicrous (a.) Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive..

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Farce :: Farce (v. t.) A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions..
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Heroicomical :: Heroicomical (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem..
Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
Bathos :: Bathos (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax..
Misfit :: Misfit (n.) The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit..
Comic :: Comic (a.) Causing mirth; ludicrous.
Grotesgue :: Grotesgue (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.
Marrowbone :: Marrowbone (n.) A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel..
Harlequin :: Harlequin (n. i.) To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
Wag :: Wag (v.) A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
Mimicry :: Mimicry (n.) The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
Comedy :: Comedy (n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy..
Travesty :: Travesty (v. t.) To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous..
Droll :: Droll (superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange..
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