laughable
1laughable — laughable, risible, ludicrous, ridiculous, comic, comical, farcical, droll, funny are comparable when they mean provoking or evoking laughter or mirth. Laughable is the general term for whatever is fit to provoke laughter {mod ern audiences do… …
2Laughable — Laugh a*ble, a. Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. [1913 Webster] Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See {Droll}, and {Ludicrous}. [1913 Webster] {Laugh a*ble*ness}, n. {Laugh a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
3laughable — index ludicrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4laughable — 1590s, from LAUGH (Cf. laugh) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Laughably …
5laughable — [adj] easily made fun of absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har har*, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose …
6laughable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ so ludicrous as to be amusing. DERIVATIVES laughably adverb …
7laughable — [laf′ə bəl] adj. 1. of such a nature as to cause laughter; amusing 2. so ridiculous as to deserve laughter or scorn; ludicrous SYN. FUNNY laughableness n. laughably adv …
8laughable — adjective Date: 1596 of a kind to provoke laughter or sometimes derision ; amusingly ridiculous • laughableness noun • laughably adverb Synonyms: laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, comic, comical mean provoking laughter or mirth. laughable applies …
9laughable — [[t]lɑ͟ːfəb(ə)l, læ̱f [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you say that something such as an idea or suggestion is laughable, you mean that it is so stupid as to be funny and not worth serious consideration. The idea that TV shows like Dallas or… …
10laughable — adjective Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn: droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible …
