ludicrous
/icons/point.icon LAUGHABLE, LUDICROUS, RIDICULOUS, COMIC, COMICAL mean provoking laughter or mirth.
LAUGHABLE applies to anything occasioning laughter.
e.g. laughable attempts at skating
LUDICROUS suggests absurdity that excites both laughter and scorn.
e.g. a thriller with a ludicrous plot
RIDICULOUS suggests extreme absurdity, foolishness, or contemptibility.
e.g. a ridiculous display of anger
COMIC applies especially to what arouses thoughtful amusement.
e.g. a comic character
COMICAL applies to what arouses spontaneous hilarity.
e.g. a comical hat
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adjective
so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous:
〈行為･考えなどが〉ばかげた, 滑稽な (!ridiculousより強意的) ; 〖it is ～ to do/that節〗 …するなんて, …とはばかげている.
e.g. it's ludicrous that I have been fined
e.g. every night he wore a ludicrous outfit.
DERIVATIVES
ludicrousness noun
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in the sense ‘sportive, intended as a jest’): from Latin ludicrus (probably from ludicrum ‘stage play’) + -ous.