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[ riz-uh-buhl ] / ˈrɪz ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR risible ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous. having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh. pertaining to or connected with laughing. Origin of risible1550–60; <Late Latin rīsibilis that can laugh, equivalent to Latin rīs(us) (past participle of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis-ible SYNONYMS FOR risible1 funny, humorous, comical. SEE SYNONYMS FOR risible ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM risibleun·ris·i·ble, adjectiveWords nearby risiblerise to, rise to the bait, rise to the occasion, rishi, risibility, risible, rising, rising action, rising damp, rising diphthong, rising hinge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for risibleThis year introduced a new, risible entry to the cultural lexicon: “The Coachella Diet.” Coachella, Oasis For Douchebags and Trust Fund Babies, Should Be Avoided At All Costs|Marlow Stern|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The argument depends on a number of risible and obviously untrue assumptions. Single Mothers Are Not America’s Real Welfare Queens|Amanda Marcotte|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST His essay was considered so risible that few even bothered trying to argue with it. In Defense of Jonathan Franzen|Michelle Goldberg|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST His stature with the French public has sunk from rising star to risible lecher. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Settles With Maid: How the Case Changed France|Christopher Dickey|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Funny, but years ago the idea of seatbelts other than in an airplane or tobacco being deadly was risible. Stop Indulging, America|Margaret Carlson|October 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST Humor operates from within, with its slow and prolonged excitation of your risible soul. The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861|Various Man is the only risible animal: risibility may be said, therefore, to be his distinguishing mark. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848|Various Passing to other fields of life: "Risible—Doctor gives up hope." Second String|Anthony Hope The whole thing looked so ludicrous that one's risible faculties were tickled. British Secret Service During the Great War|Nicholas Everitt Being a good-humoured fellow, and of a risible nature, the alternations were frequent.
British Dictionary definitions for risible
adjectivehaving a tendency to laugh causing laughter; ridiculous Derived forms of risiblerisibly, adverbWord Origin for risibleC16: from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīdēre to laugh Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to risibleamusing, comical, droll, funny, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous |