ridiculous

Adjective

• broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
  • the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
    
  • ludicrous green hair
    

• incongruous; inviting ridicule
  • the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
    
  • that's a cockeyed idea
    
  • ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
    
  • a contribution so small as to be laughable
    
  • it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
    
  • a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
    
  • her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
    

• inspiring scornful pity
  • how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett
    

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• Synonyms: 
  farcical , ludicrous , absurd , cockeyed , derisory , idiotic , laughable , nonsensical , preposterous , pathetic , silly