ludicrousness
Quality of absurdity
Ludicrousness is the quality of being absurd or ridiculous to the point of deserving laughter or mockery.
It captures how obviously foolish something is: The sheer ludicrousness of the proposal left everyone speechless.
The word emphasizes the laughable nature of what it describes, though the laughter may be incredulous rather than amused.
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- nonsensicalityMeaningless or illogical quality
- incongruityLack of harmony
- illogicalityFailure of sound reasoning
irrationality · senselessness · incoherence · unreasonableness · implausibility · impossibility · paradox · surrealism
Quality of being ludicrous
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
- clownishnessAbsurd, silly behavior
- zaninessState of absurd silliness
goofiness · wackiness · drollery · hilarity · silliness · tomfoolery · antics · shenanigans
Quality of being ridiculous
- outrageousnessExtreme offensiveness or absurdity
- extremenessMaximum intensity level
- excessivenessBeing beyond reasonable limits
- exorbitanceExtreme unreasonableness in degree
hyperbole · extravagance · immoderation · unbelievability · incredibility · unconscionability · over-the-top
Scornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- jeeringVocal public mockery
scoffing · sneering · taunting · lampooning · caricature · parody · satire · raillery
ridiculousness
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- nonsensicalityMeaningless or illogical quality
- incongruityLack of harmony
illogicality · irrationality · senselessness · incoherence · unreasonableness · implausibility · impossibility · paradox · surrealism · bizarreness
farcicality
Quality of being ludicrous
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
- clownishnessAbsurd, silly behavior
zaniness · goofiness · wackiness · drollery · hilarity · silliness · tomfoolery · antics · shenanigans · clowning
preposterousness
Quality of being ridiculous
- outrageousnessExtreme offensiveness or absurdity
- extremenessMaximum intensity level
- excessivenessBeing beyond reasonable limits
exorbitance · hyperbole · extravagance · immoderation · unbelievability · incredibility · unconscionability · over-the-top
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
jeering · scoffing · sneering · taunting · lampooning · caricature · parody · satire · raillery · jibes
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
codswallop · claptrap · twaddle · drivel · bunk · bunkum · hokum · gibberish · flapdoodle · folderol
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
ludicrousnesssensibleness
Practical good judgment
reasonableness · logic · rationality · soundness · prudence
ludicrousnessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · earnestness · soberness · weightiness
ludicrousnessdignity
Innate personal worth
respectability · propriety · decorum · stateliness · nobility
elude, prelude, ludicrous, delude, interlude, allude, collude, postlude, ludicrously