laughable
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈlæfəbəl/
:
ridículo
- The idea that he could win the race without training was laughable.
- seem laughable
In fact it's laughable in its simplicity.
- In fact it's laughable in its simplicity.
- And it's kind of laughable that I would go straight to Abercrombie.
- If so, that would be an extraordinary, laughable conceit.
- Even Doom I feel is pretty laughable by today's standards of like VR horror games.
- And it's so ridiculously tiny it's almost laughable.
- I don't think that what we passed was laughable.
- This thought that like it's in control is laughable.
- I'm British where the idea of posting next to a vegetable is laughable.
- This notion that Facebook or Instagram or the Russians are controlling us is laughable.
- This notion that Facebook should have sat around and let Snapchat grow is laughable.
- Now let me say that that's obviously laughable.
- You know, it's, I mean, it's almost, it's almost laughable or comical that so many movie villains.
- That's, that's, that's, it's just, it's, it is so disingenuous, it's almost laughable.
- My kids and I have a laugh around it now because what they see is my laughable attempt to portray them right.
Examples
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It is, it is laughable that Venmo was not created by a financial service.
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In fact, I got to say it's almost laughable because there are certain people, like they hear cruise and they turn up their nose.
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This is all too laughable to be anything else.
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It's laughable, ladies and gentlemen.
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In fact it's laughable in its simplicity.
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Any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd.
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And you know, it's, it's just laughable, the lack of progress we've made.
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And you know, in terms of overall growth, I mean, it's almost, it's almost laughable how much this plant has grown more than the other one.
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What if the public is right, and the painter's art really is dated and laughable?
Academic text (2014) -
Her suggestion that her husband could manipulate and control his identity was laughable.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
Causing people to laugh or smile
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1.6
Very silly or unreasonable in a way that makes people laugh
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1.9
Funny and meant to make people laugh
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4.4
So silly or unreasonable that it makes no sense
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1.0
Causes people to laugh and feel happy
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3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
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4.4
Very silly and showing bad judgment
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6.0
Very silly and unreasonable so it makes people laugh
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7.3
Very silly and unreasonable so it seems laughable
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3.1
Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual
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5.5
Not making sense or having any meaning
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8.5
A situation that is very silly and unlikely, like a comic play
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8.9
A foolish idea or plan that will not work
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8.0
To make people laugh
So silly that people laugh at it
Very silly in a way that makes people laugh
Very funny and silly in a way that makes people laugh hard
Antonyms
How Ridiculous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word laughable comes from the simple word laugh, which means 'to laugh', plus the ending -able, which means 'able to be'. So, something laughable is 'able to be laughed at', meaning very funny or so silly that it deserves laughter.