laughable
adjective
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adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for laughable
Synonyms
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
Antonyms
humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical
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The Rockies are a laughable 26 ½ games behind first-place Los Angeles. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "The Rockies and Padres race for last place in the National League West," 23 Aug. 2019 Some propaganda is laughable and tragic at the same time. — The Economist, "Why Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong Kong," 15 Aug. 2019 Its almost laughable at this point, but Inter are becoming the Italian Arsenal. — SI.com, "Transfer Rumours: More Newcastle Misery, Inter Try (Another) Lukaku Deal, Gueye's Future & More," 17 July 2019 The idea that racism’s roots and branches are something of the past is laughable. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Taking what she learned about self-advocacy and sharing it with others to close the gender pay gap," 24 Aug. 2019 But the idea that Spider-Man, a character who has thrived for 57 years, needs the MCU to work is laughable. — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, "How 'Spider-Man' Divorce Shows Ugly Side of Fandom," 22 Aug. 2019 The whole practice debate from some of these ‘professional analysts’ is laughable. — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, "Following critical comments by Mike Zimmer, Vikings QB Kyle Sloter will ‘let my play do the talking’," 21 Aug. 2019 The rhetoric surrounding Prescott coming out of Cowboys camp is laughable. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Dak Prescott Isn’t Asking for Too Much From the Cowboys," 13 Aug. 2019 Some were beautiful, some were laughable—men and machines, both—some were streamlined and some no more aerodynamic than a brick. — Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, "Danny Thompson’s Blazing Nitromethane-Fueled Pursuit of Racing Glory," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'laughable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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