laughable

laughable — 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… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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}. [1913 Webster] {Laugh a*ble*ness}, n. {Laugh a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

laughable — index ludicrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

laughable — 1590s, from LAUGH (Cf. laugh) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Laughably …   Etymology dictionary

laughable — [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 …   New thesaurus

laughable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ so ludicrous as to be amusing. DERIVATIVES laughably adverb …   English terms dictionary

laughable — [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 …   English World dictionary

laughable — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

laughable — [[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… …   English dictionary

laughable — adjective Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn: droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible …   Wiktionary

laughable — laugh|a|ble [ˈla:fəbəl US ˈlæ ] adj something that is laughable is impossible to believe or be serious about, because it is so silly or bad = ↑ridiculous ▪ The promises are so far from reality that they are laughable. >laughably adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English