tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.-ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.-an ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.-a ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.-to ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.-to employ burlesque.