Sample Sentences forludicrous (editor-reviewed)
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His excuse for being late was simply ludicrous and made us laugh.ludicrous = absurd or ridiculous
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Though she was serious, her suggestion was so ludicrous, I couldn't suppress a laugh.ludicrous = absurd or silly
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He thinks the idea that cats can read minds is utterly ludicrous.
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In Zimbabwe inflation reached the ludicrous level of 231 million per cent.ludicrous = absurd
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Fred and George, at least, thought the idea of his being Slytherin's heir was quite ludicrous. (source)ludicrous = ridiculous or absurd in an amusing way
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She chewed in church and on the bus; It really was quite ludicrous! (source)ludicrous = ridiculous
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But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains.† (source)
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He still studied alone in their room all the time, spoke like a science teacher, and required ludicrously small amounts of sleep.† (source)
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She flung her listener a glance of provoking disdain, then laughed heartily, as if the ludicrousness of the picture in her mind were too strong for contempt.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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That's the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous.† (source)
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She went ludicrously red.† (source)
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I decided therefore to occupy myself with some further tasks in the billiard room, assuming she would after a while see the ludicrousness of her position and leave.† (source)
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I've read The Zaniest Summer four times, and the ludicrous situations still make me laugh.† (source)
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So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.† (source)
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"Oh no. Why, sir, if I tell you, it will seem—" Tess's sense of a certain ludicrousness in her errand was now so strong that, notwithstanding her awe of him, and her general discomfort at being here, her rosy lips curved towards a smile, much to the attraction of the swarthy Alexander.† (source)
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The very idea of it was ludicrous, but he accepted it nonetheless.† (source)
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