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 — 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
