What does laughable mean?
Laughable means (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous..
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/ˈlaːfəbl̩/ · adjective
(now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous..
At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
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.
“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.
Use laughable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Laughable means (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous..
Common synonyms include comical, droll, risible, amusing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
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