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laughable

[ laf-uh-buhl, lah-fuh- ]

/ ˈlæf ə bəl, ˈlɑ fə- /

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adjective

such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.

Origin of laughable

First recorded in 1590–1600; laugh + -able

SYNONYMS FOR laughable

humorous, droll, comical, farcical, ridiculous; risible. See funny¹.

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ANTONYMS FOR laughable

sad, melancholy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM laughable

laugh·a·ble·ness, noun laugh·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby laughable

laugh out of court, laugh out of the other side of one's mouth, laugh track, laugh up one's sleeve, laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone, laughable, laugher, laughing, laughing gas, laughing gull, laughing jackass

Example sentences from the Web for laughable

That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.

Why This Liberal Hearts Huckabee |Sally Kohn |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Every time a conservative pol gets caught in a racial mess, we hear the same weary and laughable tune.

Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game |Michael Tomasky |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
All this would be laughable if it weren't for the grim statistics.

The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis |Justin Glawe |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Twenty years ago it would have been laughable to believe that English provincial cuisine could match French provincial cuisine.

A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? |Clive Irving |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

His descriptions of Sen. Marco Rubio range from laughable to slanderous.

The Messy, Sordid Story of Jim Greer, Charlie Crist’s Man to a Fault |Rick Wilson |June 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And then he gave us a perfect and laughable description of what must be some creature of the monkey tribe.

Adventures in New Guinea |James Chalmers
It was one of those feeble jokes at which everybody laughs because nothing else is laughable about the situation.

Space Viking |Henry Beam Piper
Then and forever ended the old system of courtship, which seems so laughable and even incredible today.

Vanishing Roads and Other Essays |Richard Le Gallienne
This was eccentric perhaps, considering the occasion, but not laughable.

Seen and Unseen |E. Katharine Bates
It is laughable to read of those days when men were drugged with pills, boluses and powders.

Caesar's Column |Ignatius Donnelly

British Dictionary definitions for laughable

laughable

/ (ˈlɑːfəbəl) /

adjective

producing scorn; ludicrous he offered me a laughable sum for the picture

arousing laughter

Derived forms of laughable

laughableness, noun laughably, adverb