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Meanings of laughable in English

Incongruous; inviting ridicule.

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Arousing or provoking laughter.

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Examples for "funny"
Examples for "funny"
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He told funny stories about selling real estate; he asked good questions.
Happiness key
2
Donald Dewar said, 'This should be interesting' in that funny Donaldish way.
A journey: my political life
3
Nothing had happened yet, in Ireland-is that a funny thing to say?
The gathering
4
The bit is really quite funny, particularly for an 80s computer commercial.
Wired
5
I'd have to work quick.' She added, 'It's not funny at all.
Travels With My Aunt
1
I've recently played an amusing new party game called Which Minister Said?
The Irish Times
2
Sabina smiled, pleased that he found their situation amusing rather than irritating.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
3
But the dream was amusing; I was in no haste to wake.
The Helmet of Navarre
4
I found an amusing example on the label of a popular antacid.
Wicca Spellcraft For Men
5
At one level this is amusing polemic and is perhaps best ignored.
The Irish Times
1
I have no problem distinguishing between comic book reality and our reality.
Wired
2
Indeed, however comic, almost all the letters published to date are sneers.
The Irish Times
3
However, her impeccable comic timing and captivating stage presence carry the day.
The Irish Times
4
In the comic book, Chance takes the place of the intended victim.
Reuters
5
To the point where Tim Heidecker's character was almost entirely comic relief.
Wired
1
But the reality of being addicted to shopping is far from comical.
The Guardian
2
A comical look at the past week with Radar and Irene Pink.
Radio NZ
3
Passages in his letters are almost comical in their perversity of misjudgment.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
4
It's a pretty simple concept, but what's comical are the search results.
Wired
5
He only saw the comical side of the incident and cried laughingly:
Shallow Soil
1
The others perked up their ears in mirthful appreciation of this language.
Active Service
2
Hear the malediction with which Elisha cursed the insolent and mirthful children.
The Queen Pedauque
3
A mirthful spirit pervaded the room and the usual order was wanting.
The Measure of a Man
4
The smile he summoned to his lips was more quizzical than mirthful.
As It Was in the Beginning
5
Ida could scarcely disguise her pleasure, and with mirthful eyes she said:
A Face Illumined
1
The very idea of such a project is to me infinitely risible.
Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / T...
2
Even the swankiest establishments are falling over themselves to invent risible alternatives.
The Irish Times
3
He is no longer risible, nor, perhaps, capable of reason and society.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete
4
Aside from the risible script and potty plot, we have rubbish acting.
The Guardian
5
The idea of Beijing as a green city was always risible.
The Guardian
Usage of laughable in English
1
He finds laughable the idea that political freedom is a Western construct.
Reuters
2
That is the laughable idea the Turnbull government would have you believe.
The Guardian
3
Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and laughable.
The Girls
4
North Korea has dismissed the offer of multilateral security guarantees as laughable.
The Irish Times
5
He could see nothing laughable about the desperate situation in the district.
Seven Icelandic Short Stories
6
Once again Trout is so far ahead of the pack it's laughable.
The Guardian
7
In the context of a decade of change, these responses are laughable.
The Guardian
8
But there is something peculiarly laughable in the pedantry of such criticism.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
9
It was almost laughable, she thought; but she was far from laughing.
Sacrifice
10
No, it's not Field's age that is laughable, nor even his ambition.
Drood: a novel
11
It was laughable how Amma was always warning him not to fight.
The coming of the dragon
12
She was so obviously interested, in a state of almost laughable self-absorption.
The Beautiful and Damned
13
They chose some laughable ways of showing the state of their feelings.
The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776
14
Their standards of personal hygiene are laughable and their manners are non-existent.
The Irish Times
15
The count screwed his chubby features into a laughable mask of gravity.
Alias the Lone Wolf
16
The laughable innocence of him was all that saved Nanny that time.
Green Valley
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