laughable
- adjective
- /ˈlæfəbəl/
- 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
Causing people to laugh or smile
Very silly or unreasonable in a way that makes people laugh
Funny and meant to make people laugh
So silly or unreasonable that it makes no sense
Causes people to laugh and feel happy
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
Very silly and showing bad judgment
Very silly and unreasonable so it makes people laugh
Very silly and unreasonable so it seems laughable
Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual
Not making sense or having any meaning
A situation that is very silly and unlikely, like a comic play
A foolish idea or plan that will not work
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.