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FARCICAL |
Ludicrous |
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NONSENSICAL |
Ludicrous |
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ABSURD |
Ludicrous |
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FIASCO |
Ludicrous failure |
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ANTIC |
Ludicrous gesture |
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FARCE |
Ludicrous situation |
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COMIC |
Causing mirth; ludicrous. |
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BURLESQUE |
Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque
satire. |
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ARGAL |
A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore. |
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HARLEQUIN |
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous
tricks. |
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DROLL |
Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from
oddity; amusing and strange. |
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TRAVESTY |
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
ridiculous or ludicrous. |
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HEROICOMICAL |
Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high
burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem. |
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BATHOS |
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in
writing or speech; anticlimax. |
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MIMICRY |
The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation
for sport or ridicule. |
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PRANK |
A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous
trick; a caper; a frolic. |
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WAG |
A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist;
a wit; a joker. |
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MISFIT |
The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in
making a coat; a ludicrous misfit. |
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CROSS-PURPOSE |
A conversational game, in which questions and
answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. |
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GROTESGUE |
Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike;
wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms
and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. |
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CROSS-READING |
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly
across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a
ludicrous combination of ideas. |
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PUN |
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense,
especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words;
to quibble. |
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HUMOR |
...eas an
incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by
ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousne... |
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COMEDY |
...ight and
amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners
of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play ... |