🇬🇧🇪🇸 ludicrous - ridículo : English Lesson

Meaning of "ludicrous" ("ridículo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Ludicrous means so silly, strange, or over-the-top that it seems impossible or hard to believe, and it usually makes people laugh because it’s just too ridiculous.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Wearing a scuba diving suit to take a bath is completely ludicrous.

The idea of a chicken teaching a flying class to penguins is absolutely ludicrous.

It’s ludicrous to think my goldfish is secretly running a space program in the fish tank.

The teacher said it would be ludicrous to blame a missing assignment on a time-traveling banana.

My dad’s dancing is so ludicrous that even the furniture looks embarrassed.

At the park, an old man walked a goldfish on a leash. The sight was ludicrous, children gasped, dogs barked, and a woman dropped her ice cream. He grinned at the ludicrous crowd. Even the stern guard laughed at the ludicrous little fish. The ludicrous parade ended with a ludicrous cheer and warm smiles.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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