Laughable \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
laughable
adj 1: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "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" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic,
ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, mirthful,
risible]
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "laughable":
absurd, amusing, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, crazy, droll,
eccentric, extravagant, fantastic, foolish, funny, grotesque,
high-flown, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, incredible,
ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, outrageous, outre, poppycockish,
preposterous, priceless, quaint, quizzical, rich, ridiculous,
risible, screaming, weird, whimsical, wild, witty
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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