laughable
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlaːfəbl̩/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/, /ˈlæfəbl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: ˈlăfəbl̩, IPA(key): /ˈlæfəbl̩/
Adjective
[edit]laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)
- (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
- Synonyms: comical, droll, risible; see also Thesaurus:funny
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 91:
- At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
- Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
- Synonyms: derisible, pathetic, risible; see also Thesaurus:despicable
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.
- 2023 January 6, “Prince Harry book Spare: King Charles made ‘sadistic’ joke about Prince Harry’s ‘real’ dad”, in NZ Herald[2]:
- “Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he wrote.
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