Laughable
['lɑːfəb(ə)l] or ['læfəbl]
Definition
(a.) Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.
Typist: Ora
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, farcical, ridiculous.
Checker: Louie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See RIDICULOUS]
Typed by Eddie
Examples
- Edison's own account of the incident is very laughable: The engine was one of a number leased to the Grand Trunk by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is one member of the crab family for which the Latin name is _Gelasimus_, which means laughable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You think it laughable? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His own mother at this moment could not have known her son: the metamorphosis was nearly as laughable as it was astonishing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Eddie