-
1 ludicrous
-
2 ludicrous
-
3 ludicrous
-
4 ludicrous
adj.grotesque; absurde; insensé; ridicule; saugrenuEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > ludicrous
-
5 ludicrous
-
6 ludicrous idea
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > ludicrous idea
-
7 suggest
1 ( put forward for consideration) suggérer [solution, possibility] ; to suggest that suggérer que ; I suggest to you that je vous suggère que ; can you suggest how/why/where…? comment/pourquoi/où, selon vous…? ; why, do you suggest, did he do it? pourquoi, selon vous, l'a-t-il fait? he did it, I suggest, because… je pense qu'il l'a fait parce que… ; it would be wrong to suggest that il serait faux de prétendre que ; to suggest otherwise is ludicrous prétendre qu'il en est autrement serait ridicule ; what are you suggesting? qu'est-ce que vous insinuez? ; I venture to suggest that je me risquerais à dire que ;2 (recommend, advise) suggérer ; can you suggest a place to meet/eat? peux-tu suggérer un endroit où nous retrouver/où manger? ; where do you suggest we go? où nous suggères-tu d'aller? ; to suggest sb/sth for sth suggérer qn/qch pour qch ; they suggested that I (should) leave ils m'ont suggéré de partir ; I suggest that you leave at once je suggère que vous partiez tout de suite ; the committee suggests that steps be taken le comité suggère que des mesures soient prises ; I suggest waiting je suggère d'attendre ; an idea suggested itself (to me) une idée m'est venue à l'esprit ;3 ( indicate) [evidence, test, result, poll, calculation] sembler indiquer (that que) ; there is nothing to suggest that rien ne semble indiquer que ; it was more difficult than the result might ou would suggest ce fut plus difficile que le résultat ne semble l'indiquer ;4 ( evoke) [painting, image, sound] évoquer ; what does it suggest to you? qu'est-ce que cela évoque pour vous? -
8 absurd
absurd [əb'sɜ:d](unreasonable) absurde, insensé; (ludicrous) absurde, ridicule;∎ don't be absurd! ne sois pas ridicule!;∎ the idea is utterly absurd c'est une idée complètement ridicule ou idiote;∎ I feel/I look absurd in this get-up je me sens/j'ai l'air ridicule dans cet accoutrement2 nounabsurde m;∎ he has a nice sense of the absurd il a un bon sens de l'absurde;∎ Theatre the theatre of the absurd le théâtre de l'absurde
См. также в других словарях:
Ludicrous — Lu di*crous, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. [1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ludicrous — may refer to:*Ludacris (born 1977), American rapper *I, Ludicrous, English music ensemble *Ludicrous Lollipops, English band … Wikipedia
ludicrous — I adjective absurd, amusing, asinine, at variance with the facts, barely possible, beyond belief, bizarre, comical, contrary to common sense, contrary to reason, crazy, derisible, doubtable, dubitable, eccentric, fallacious, fantastic,… … Law dictionary
ludicrous — (adj.) 1610s, pertaining to play or sport, from L. ludicrus, from ludicrum a sport, game, toy, source of amusement, joke, from ludere to play, which, with L. ludus a game, play, perhaps is from Etruscan, or perhaps from PIE root *leid to play.… … Etymology dictionary
ludicrous — iaughable, risible, ridiculous, comic, comical, farcical, droll, funny Analogous words: absurd, preposterous, *foolish, silly: grotesque, bizarre, antic, *fantastic: amusing, diverting, entertaining (see AMUSE) Contrasted words: lugubrious,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ludicrous — [adj] absurd, ridiculous antic, bizarre, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, gelastic, grotesque, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, risible, silly, zany; concept 548 Ant … New thesaurus
ludicrous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ absurd; ridiculous. DERIVATIVES ludicrously adverb ludicrousness noun. ORIGIN Latin ludicrus, probably from ludicrum stage play … English terms dictionary
ludicrous — [lo͞o′di krəs] adj. [L ludicrus < ludus, a play, game < IE base * leid , to play, tease > Gr loidorein, to rail at, rebuke] so absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter SYN. ABSURD ludicrously adv. ludicrousness n … English World dictionary
ludicrous — adj. 1) ludicrous to + inf. (it s ludicrous to dress like that) 2) ludicrous that + clause (it s ludicrous that we have to show our pass each time) * * * [ luːdɪkrəs] ludicrous that + clause (it s ludicrous that we have to show our pass each… … Combinatory dictionary
ludicrous — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ absolutely, completely … Collocations dictionary
ludicrous — lu|di|crous [ˈlu:dıkrəs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: ludicrus playful , from ludus play ] completely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong = ↑ridiculous ▪ It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol. ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English