Laughable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing or deserving laughter or derision.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
  • adj. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted to excite laughter
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Exciting or fitted to excite laughter: as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.
  • Synonyms Ridiculous, Comical, etc. See ludicrous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. incongruous;inviting ridicule
  • adj. arousing or provoking laughter
  • Equivalent
    foolish    humourous    humorous   
    Antonym
    lamentable   
    Cross Reference
    comic   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ludicrous    droll    comical    mirthful    funny   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    affable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ludicrous    comical    amuse    deplorable    pitiable