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Though she was serious, her suggestion was so ludicrous, I couldn't suppress a laugh.ludicrous = absurd in an amusing way
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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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The very idea of it was ludicrous, but he accepted it nonetheless.† (source)
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That's the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous.† (source)
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Would it be absolutely ludicrous to try to make out?† (source)
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Since the rain had stopped, on the day Grace mouthed her first words, it had been ludicrously warm.† (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)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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My father did not travel— I'd never known him to go anywhere except Arizona to visit his mother—so the idea that he would fly across the country to see a daughter he believed taken by the devil seemed ludicrous.† (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)
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Esthetics as a parlor affectation is ludicrous and sometimes a little obscene; as a way of life it sometimes attains dignity.† (source)
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I looked up through the treetops, ludicrously hopeful.† (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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Their long, doomed necks and frantic heads poked out here and there through the slats, their beaks opened and closed, uttering their tragic and ludicrous cries, drowned out by the racket of wheels.† (source)
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