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单词 laughable
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Definition of laughable in English:

laughable

adjective ˈlɑːfəb(ə)lˈlæfəb(ə)l
  • So ludicrous as to be amusing.

    if it didn't make me so angry it would be laughable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now that I have seen the extended version I just need to point out another discrepancy, and a laughable one.
    • The snub is laughable and something I just wrote to start me writing tonight.
    • Of course that's laughable, because I never knew or cared where he stood on that.
    • To think they would observe the spirit of the law and our democratic system is laughable.
    • The idea that Liz wanted to pick a fight with her family was almost laughable if not insane.
    • The idea that Strauss was a great defender of liberal democracy is laughable.
    • Furthermore, the contrast with the burden put on the public-company sector has become laughable.
    • Any idea that Stalin cared for public opinion in Russia is merely laughable.
    • The idea that such an organisation is likely to have any sort of vision, let alone a long-term one, is laughable.
    • Presumably the young women think it's just laughable, and it isn't seriously threatening you.
    • In our scientific age with its rationalistic world view, the idea of a person being raised form the dead sees laughable.
    • To state that most of them have only one income is in any case, laughable.
    • Welsh's understanding of anything indigenous is laughable and insulting.
    • It then becomes laughable when the same publications are cited as examples of ideal behaviour.
    • While it is not out of the question to golf year round in Vancouver, it is a laughable notion in Saskatchewan.
    • His tirade against a society which he thinks is disenfranchising young men would be laughable if it were not so dangerous.
    • This I regard as quite ludicrous, and factually so removed from reality as be laughable.
    • Trying to blame these problems on whites is laughable and is not helping your people at all.
    • His responses to criticisms of problems falling under his control border on the laughable.
    • Every track is just a rant delivered over a monotonous beat and the limited vocabulary would be laughable were it not so obscene.
    Synonyms
    ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, risible, preposterous, irrational, worthy of scorn, derisory
    foolish, silly, idiotic, daft, stupid, nonsensical, senseless, asinine, fatuous, crazy, insane, hare-brained, scatterbrained, outrageous
    informal cock-eyed
    amusing, funny, humorous, hilarious, uproarious, comical, comic, entertaining, diverting, farcical, droll, side-splitting
    informal rib-tickling, jokey, killing, priceless
    rare jocose
 
 

Definition of laughable in US English:

laughable

adjectiveˈlæfəb(ə)lˈlafəb(ə)l
  • So ludicrous as to be amusing.

    if it didn't make me so angry it would be laughable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Furthermore, the contrast with the burden put on the public-company sector has become laughable.
    • While it is not out of the question to golf year round in Vancouver, it is a laughable notion in Saskatchewan.
    • The snub is laughable and something I just wrote to start me writing tonight.
    • Trying to blame these problems on whites is laughable and is not helping your people at all.
    • Now that I have seen the extended version I just need to point out another discrepancy, and a laughable one.
    • To think they would observe the spirit of the law and our democratic system is laughable.
    • Welsh's understanding of anything indigenous is laughable and insulting.
    • It then becomes laughable when the same publications are cited as examples of ideal behaviour.
    • His responses to criticisms of problems falling under his control border on the laughable.
    • The idea that Liz wanted to pick a fight with her family was almost laughable if not insane.
    • In our scientific age with its rationalistic world view, the idea of a person being raised form the dead sees laughable.
    • This I regard as quite ludicrous, and factually so removed from reality as be laughable.
    • The idea that Strauss was a great defender of liberal democracy is laughable.
    • Of course that's laughable, because I never knew or cared where he stood on that.
    • Presumably the young women think it's just laughable, and it isn't seriously threatening you.
    • To state that most of them have only one income is in any case, laughable.
    • The idea that such an organisation is likely to have any sort of vision, let alone a long-term one, is laughable.
    • His tirade against a society which he thinks is disenfranchising young men would be laughable if it were not so dangerous.
    • Any idea that Stalin cared for public opinion in Russia is merely laughable.
    • Every track is just a rant delivered over a monotonous beat and the limited vocabulary would be laughable were it not so obscene.
    Synonyms
    ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, risible, preposterous, irrational, worthy of scorn, derisory
    amusing, funny, humorous, hilarious, uproarious, comical, comic, entertaining, diverting, farcical, droll, side-splitting
 
 
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