different between ludicrous vs jesting

English

Etymology

First attested in 1619. From Latin l?dicrus, from l?d? (“play”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/, /?lju?.d?.k??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/

Adjective

ludicrous (comparative more ludicrous, superlative most ludicrous)

1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.

2. Amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.

Synonyms

• (idiotic or unthinkable): laughable, ridiculous, risible

Related terms

• (idiotic or unthinkable): ludicrously, ludicrousness

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??st??/

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

1. joking
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim

     Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.

2. bantering; ridicule
3. mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

1. facetious
2. humorous
3. playful; mocking
4. jeering

Verb

jesting

1. present participle of jest