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Definitions for laughable
ˈlæf ə bəl, ˈlɑ fə-laugh·able
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word laughable.
Princeton's WordNet
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculousadjective
incongruous;inviting ridicule
"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"
amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective
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"
Wiktionary
laughableadjective
Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Laughableadjective
Such as may properly excite laughter.
Etymology: from laugh.
Nature hath fram’d strange fellows in her time:
Some that will evermore peep through their eye
And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper;
And others of such vinegar aspect,
That they’ll not show their teeth in way of smile,
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. William Shakespeare.Meric Casaubon confesses his author Persius was not good at turning things into a pleasant ridicule; or, in other words, that he was not a laughable writer. John Dryden, Juvenal.
Wikipedia
laughable
Give More Love is the 19th studio album by English musician Ringo Starr. It was recorded primarily in Starr's home studio in Los Angeles and was released on 15 September 2017 by UMe. The album features Starr's frequent collaborators such as Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart, Gary Nicholson and Bob Malone, members of his All-Starr Band, and guest appearances by Starr's former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.
Webster Dictionary
Laughableadjective
fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of laughable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of laughable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of laughable in a Sentence
I first found it surprising and laughable. Then you start to think what could have happened. Someone could have been in the car.
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
Governor Laura Kelly is the education governor, for her opponent to attempt to lay claim to that title is laughable. A more accurate title for Derek Schmidt to claim would be Brownback’s defender in chief.
The very idea that people know about an alternative to Putin the way Americans know about an alternative to Obama like the Republicans is just laughable.
The claims about men's greater interest in sex... are laughable, a contemporary teenager could explain to the author how and why men make greater claims about their sexual interests and experiences and women downplay theirs.
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- směšnýCzech
- komisk, latterligDanish
- lächerlich, lachhaftGerman
- ridindaEsperanto
- risible, ridículoSpanish
- naurattava, huvittavaFinnish
- risible, ridiculeFrench
- हास्यस्पदHindi
- hlægilegurIcelandic
- risibile, ridicoloItalian
- 人笑わせ, 可笑しいJapanese
- lächerlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- belachelijkDutch
- śmiesznyPolish
- risível, ridículoPortuguese
- смехотворный, смешнойRussian
- gülünçTurkish
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