LUDICROUSNESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

ludicrousness

noun

Definition of ludicrousness

as in ridiculousness

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Recent Examples of ludicrousness How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Still, despite Kristin’s injury and Rob’s ridiculousness, the tribe wants to vote Eric.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
There are plenty of inconceivable exploits in the final season of Outer Banks, in ranging degrees of ridiculousness.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ridiculousness

Noun

Dramatizing OpenAI’s chaotic 2023 firing and rehiring of Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield), the dark comedy finds absurdity in the gap between Big Tech’s grandiose promises and the frequently clownish folks making them.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2026
The human stories are as thin as tissue paper (returning players Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, and Brian Tyree Henry can’t save this script), but the movie isn’t short on kaiju and monster-sized absurdity.

— Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of absurdity

Noun

And although Lichtenstein wasn’t gay, there’s enough irony about gender in his early work to qualify him as being interestingly gay-adjacent.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
For Nella, the hike turns an ad celebrating her daughter’s care into a painful irony — calling the shift offensive in an interview with The Sacramento Bee.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of irony

Noun

Stewart concluded by joking that his final act of objetophilia had taken place in the very theater where the gala was being held, much to the audience’s dismay and amusement.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Family members of patients and others with ties to Eloise have argued against offering for-profit amusement at a site where vulnerable people suffered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

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