ludicrous, adj. 1. comical, farcical, burlesque; satirical, ironical, sarcastic, cynical; laughable, good for a laugh, derisible, risible, ridiculous, SI. for the birds; humorous, funny, too funny for words, droll; waggish, witty, roguish, jocular, jocose, facetious, sportive; diverting, entertaining, mirthful, amusing; sidesplitting, screaming, hilarious, uproarious.
2. absurd, inane, pointless, fatuous; nonsensical, senseless, Inf. damfool, Inf. damfoolish, tomfoolish, foolish, Scot. and North Eng. glaikit, SI. cockeyed; poppycockish, SI. cockamamie, amphigoric; asinine, anserine, idiotic, Inf. moronic, imbecilic; stupid, unintelligent, mindless, fatuous, slow, brainless; empty-headed, blank, vacant, vacuous; childish, puerile, green, immature; crazy, crazed, SI. kooky, Scot. doiled, mad, wild, insane, demented; daft, Inf. daffy, crackbrained, Inf. nutty; All Slang, balmy, dippy, batty, cuckoo, buggy, screwy, wacky, goofy, loony.
3. unreasonable, irrational, illogical, without rhyme or reason, meaningless; preposterous, extravagant, outrageous, monstrous, outlandish, bombastic, high-flown; eccentric, odd, Archaic, antic, out-of-the-way, strange, peculiar, quaint; queer, quizzical, grotesque, bizarre; imaginary, fantastic, fabulous, illusory, illusive, chimerical; incredible, inconceivable, unimaginable, unthinkable; unbelievable, hard to believe, beyond belief, implausible, untenable, unheard of; doubtful, doubtable, dubitable, questionable.
4. untrue, fallacious, impossible, sophistic, sophistical, incorrect, erroneous; self-contradictory, paradoxical, inconsistent.
5. inappropriate, incongruous, improper, unbecoming, impractical, Fr. outr£, unwise, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-advised; egregious, glaring, flagrant, gross, arrant. lug, v. 1. pull along, drag, trawl, trail, troll; pull, tug, tow, heave, Inf. yank; haul, hale, draw, snake.
2. tote, carry, bear, shift; convey, move, bring, transport, portage.
-n. 3. haul, pull, heave, heave-ho, Inf. yank; tug, drag, draw, strain, draft. luggage, n. baggage, effects, goods, things, belongings; gear, tackle, kit, bag and baggage, dunnage; accouterments, paraphernalia, appurtenances, movables, impediments; suitcases, valises, trunks, packs, grips, cases, bags, carry-ons; portmanteaus, garment bags, briefcases, attach^ cases, Gladstones, carpetbags; flight bags, duffel bags, satchels, carryalls; backpacks, knapsacks, tote sacks. lugubrious, adj. mournful, funereal, black, dark, dirgelike, somber, elegiac; dismal, gloomy, saturnine, dreary, Literary, drear, bleak; melancholy, sorrowful, rueful, joyless, cheerless; sad, doleful, morose, miserable, disconsolate; forlorn, depressing, lowering, dispiriting, disheartening. lukewarm, adj. 1. warm, tepid, blood-warm, room-temperature, skin-temperature; mild, temperate, balmy, summery, estival.
2. indifferent, uninterested, impassive, disinterested; half-hearted, dispassionate, zealless, perfunctory; nonchalant, insouciant, lackadaisical, listless, Laodicean, negligent, devil-may-care; unresponsive, apathetic, spiritless, sluggish, phlegmatic; uninspiring, unimpassioned, untouched, unmoved, unstirred.
3. half and half, middle-of-the-road, uncommitted, noncommittal, moderate; blowing hot and cold, neither one thing nor the other, neither hot nor cold; choiceless, neutral, Inf. on the fence, undecided, irresolute. lull, v. 1. put to sleep, rock, rock to sleep, cradle, gentle, lullaby; hypnotic, mesmerize, drug, narcotize, sedate, anesthetize, put under, SI. dope.