risible
3
8.0
- adjective
- /ˈrɪzəbl/
- Formal
:
risible
- His attempt at a serious speech turned out to be risible as he tripped over his own words.
Examples
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Libertarians and their fantasy world where all government is bad and all markets are good are risible.
Blog text (28) -
However, for learned Muslim scholars and populist leaders, such notions are or should be risible.
Academic text (2007) -
Man is the only risible animal.
Fiction book (1993) -
You really need to check yourself over this one, as your comparison is risible.
Blog text (27) -
Would the makers of this risible little clip have done anything wrong?
Blog text (3) -
The Requirement's offer of privilege seems risible because the document also appears to promise destruction.
Blog text (17) -
And yet they offer no evidence to support this risible contention, this unrestrained emotion.
Blog text (6) -
The age-old truism that one shouldn't throw good money after bad would seem to apply here; but even if it didn't, the notion is risible from a practical standpoint.
Academic text (2011) -
The Republican often pays homage to Margaret Thatcher, which is risible when juxtaposed with his wife's newfound enthusiasm about her Welsh heritage.
Blog text (25) -
The comedian's risible jokes had the audience erupting with laughter.
Synonyms
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1.0
Causing people to laugh or smile
289
1.9
Funny and meant to make people laugh
264
1.5
Causing people to laugh loudly
208
1.0
Causes people to laugh and feel happy
60
4.1
So silly or not reasonable that people do not take it seriously
39
3.1
Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual
7
8.5
A situation that is very silly and unlikely, like a comic play
2
6.1
Very funny and causing loud, uncontrollable laughter
So silly that people laugh at it
Antonyms
How Laughable
Surface Forms
Morphology
risible = ris (opaque) = ris + ible
The root 'ris' is not a recognizable English base word, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from the form.
Etymology
Risible comes from the Latin root ridere, which means 'to laugh'. It shares the same root as ridiculous, so something risible is 'laughable' or amusing.