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laughable
[ laf-uh-buhl, lah-fuh- ]
adjective
- such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
Synonyms: risible, ridiculous, farcical, comical, droll, humorous
Antonyms: melancholy, sad
laughable
/ ˈlɑːfəbəl /
adjective
- producing scorn; ludicrous
he offered me a laughable sum for the picture
- arousing laughter
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Derived Forms
- ˈlaughably, adverb
- ˈlaughableness, noun
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Other Words From
- laugha·ble·ness noun
- laugha·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laughable1
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Example Sentences
That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.
All this would be laughable if it weren't for the grim statistics.
But Italians, who generally holiday much of August, find such a short holiday almost laughable.
Twenty years ago it would have been laughable to believe that English provincial cuisine could match French provincial cuisine.
His descriptions of Sen. Marco Rubio range from laughable to slanderous.
His letters are simply laughable, especially his characters of contemporaries.
It was a fact that Amy Drew often saw humor where her chum 98 could not spy anything in the least laughable.
The emperor issues a newspaper in his own palace, which is in the highest degree absurd and laughable.
An involuntary smile parted his lips each time he looked at the shop, where, in fact, there were some laughable details.
I can never forget a laughable scene which was enacted on Pennsylvania avenue by Company B while on this march.
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