Laughable can be categorized as an adjective.
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| laughable - arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" | ||
| laughable - incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" |
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| 1. | adj. | It would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much. | |
| 2. | adj. | A contribution so small as to be laughable. | |
| 3. | adj. | The idea that he is going to make a speech is laughable. | |
| 4. | adj. | Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault. | |
| 5. | adj. | You're going to teach me? That's laughable! | |
| 6. | adj. | I am not myself anymore. I've become a laughable caricature of my deepest self. | |
| 7. | adj. | I bought an autographed collected edition of the works of Tom Miller for a laughable two hundred euros at a flea market. Oh, I robbed that clueless seller! I should confess in church! | |
| 8. | adj. | Everything like this can seem very laughable in the West. However, in the East it caused battles lasting a century. | |
| 9. | adj. | Laughable how prostitutes want to be loved by stealing your money. | |
| 10. | adj. | The notion that Europeans had a common culture or civilization would have been laughable to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. |
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| It would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much. |
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| A contribution so small as to be laughable. |
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| The idea that he is going to make a speech is laughable. | |
| Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault. | |
| You're going to teach me? That's laughable! | |
| I am not myself anymore. I've become a laughable caricature of my deepest self. | |
| I bought an autographed collected edition of the works of Tom Miller for a laughable two hundred euros at a flea market. Oh, I robbed that clueless seller! I should confess in church! | |
| Everything like this can seem very laughable in the West. However, in the East it caused battles lasting a century. | |
| Laughable how prostitutes want to be loved by stealing your money. | |
| The notion that Europeans had a common culture or civilization would have been laughable to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. | |