Wondering how to use Ludicrous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ridiculous or preposterous.
Ludicrous meaning
Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
Synonyms of Ludicrous
Using Ludicrous
- The main meaning on this page is: Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
- Useful related words include: ridiculous, preposterous, nonsensical, laughable.
- In the example corpus, ludicrous often appears in combinations such as: is ludicrous, the ludicrous, ludicrous to.
Context around Ludicrous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ludicrous
- In this selection, "ludicrous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, branded, absolutely, announcement, campaign and potential stand out and add context to how "ludicrous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include it is ludicrous to think and and a ludicrous exercise in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ludicrous" sits close to words such as abel, adjective and arvind, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ludicrous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is ludicrous to think otherwise. (6 words)
DeSantis said it was ludicrous, calling it on Wednesday night a 'political stunt'. (13 words)
He is injury prone, but to say that they should just let him walk is ludicrous. (16 words)
Among those who spoke from the backbenches in support of Ms Braverman was Sir Edward Leigh, who told his fellow MPs: “All this moral outrage is ludicrous that a minister asked her private office about something and she takes their advice. (41 words)
Action SA president Herman Mashaba, however, rejected the announcement by Eskom and said: “This ludicrous announcement makes it clear that there still is no coherent plan to get us out of this mess nearly 15 years after load shedding began. (40 words)
It comes as Sir Keir's shadow Scottish secretray criticised MSPs "slagging off" the UK leader oft he party, but was branded "ludicrous" for claiming “there's nothing between the two parts of the Labour Party on this". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Action SA president Herman Mashaba, however, rejected the announcement by Eskom and said: “This ludicrous announcement makes it clear that there still is no coherent plan to get us out of this mess nearly 15 years after load shedding began.
Also, your conspiracy theory that Starmer put pressure on the police when Bojo was unable to do the same while PM is ludicrous.
Among those who spoke from the backbenches in support of Ms Braverman was Sir Edward Leigh, who told his fellow MPs: “All this moral outrage is ludicrous that a minister asked her private office about something and she takes their advice.
And now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has jumped into the lead with motions and leaks indicating he may be ready to pull the trigger on his ludicrous campaign finance violation case, or whatever he’s calling it.
Any defense can run hot over a course of a soccer season, but Fulham’s defensive form is bordering on ludicrous.
Both Keion White and Marte Mapu are spot-on Patriots guys who have ludicrous potential and fit the prototype of what the Patriots are looking for on defense.
But it is absolutely ludicrous to rank two non-playoff teams (Lions and Steelers) ahead of them.
DeSantis said it was ludicrous, calling it on Wednesday night a 'political stunt'.
From breaking the fourth wall to the outrageous quips and ludicrous action scenes movies are as entertaining as superhero movies get.
He is injury prone, but to say that they should just let him walk is ludicrous.
Ian Maxwell has defended by saying it is "ludicrous to think that anyone let alone a prince of the realm" would have sex in a "very, very small" bath.
If people want satirical takes on the ludicrous aspects of mainstream entertainment, there are plenty of YouTube sketches, TikTok shorts, and sarcastic tweets to fulfill that need.
In a statement at the time, he said: "During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life.
It comes as Sir Keir's shadow Scottish secretray criticised MSPs "slagging off" the UK leader oft he party, but was branded "ludicrous" for claiming “there's nothing between the two parts of the Labour Party on this".
It is ludicrous to think otherwise.
It was as if the entire country had become one big TSA security line, both a constant advertisement of danger and a ludicrous exercise in futility.
Karen Davies’ plans for the property at 3 Woodstone Court, on Pier Road, sparked 15 objections from the public – and were branded “ludicrous” by one local councillor.
Ludicrous as it was then, a couple of states had believed mangling data and registering no covid case was some great achievement.
My colleague Louis Chilton wrote a fantastic comment piece explaining exactly why the uproar was so ludicrous.
Now we know that those seasoned officers are retiring in droves because of “ defund the police” demands, unfair and ludicrous bail laws and leftist cries from politicians.
Common combinations with ludicrous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is ludicrous 20×
- the ludicrous 16×
- ludicrous to 14×
- and ludicrous 14×
- ludicrous and 10×
- was ludicrous 8×
- ludicrous as 8×
- ludicrous for 5×
- it ludicrous 5×
- on ludicrous 4×