- absurd, 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"