What is the meaning of ridiculous?

adjective

• Inspiring scornful pity."how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett
  • synonyms: pathetic, silly
• Incongruous; inviting ridicule.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous
• Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.
  • usage: "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
  • synonyms: farcical, ludicrous