ridiculous as in inspiring scornful pity

• "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett"

Synonyms

• patheticdeserving or inciting pity; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; inspiring scornful pity
• sillya word used for misbehaving children; ludicrous, foolish; lacking seriousness; inspiring scornful pity; dazed from or as if from repeated blows

ridiculous as in so unreasonable as to invite derision

• "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

• absurda situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; so unreasonable as to invite derision
• cockeyedturned or twisted toward one side; so unreasonable as to invite derision; very drunk
• derisoryso unreasonable as to invite derision
• idioticinsanely irresponsible; so unreasonable as to invite derision; having a mental age of three to seven years
• laughableso unreasonable as to invite derision; arousing or provoking laughter
• ludicrousbroadly or extravagantly humorous; so unreasonable as to invite derision
• nonsensicalso unreasonable as to invite derision; having no intelligible meaning
• preposterousso unreasonable as to invite derision

ridiculous as in broadly or extravagantly humorous

• "resembling farce"
• "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"
• "ludicrous green hair"

Synonyms

• farcicalbroadly or extravagantly humorous
• ludicrousbroadly or extravagantly humorous; so unreasonable as to invite derision