risible
/ˈrɪzɪb(ə)l
/ /ˈrʌɪzɪb(ə)l/adjective
Provoking laughter through being ludicrous: a risible scene of lovemaking in a tent...
- ‘I cannot imagine how any self-respecting female could possibly conceive of doing such a foolish thing, let alone begin to consider entertaining such risible notions myself,’ I replied curtly.
- But, either way, these arguments strike me as risible; dialectics dissolves in giggles.
- Thing is, I'm having trouble explaining why this film is so risible.
Synonyms
laughable, ridiculous, absurd, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque
informal rib-tickling, crazy, priceless
dated killing
rare derisible
Derivatives
risibility
- It is because their work is not so much literature as an insider's joke, and most serious readers don't read for risibility, but sensibility.
- And contemplate the risibility of the prospect of individuals with a role in these outrages ending up on a press council to sit in judgment on working journalists!
- We must commend the kindness of the Review Board in sparing their co-workers the embarrassment of having their risibility enshrined in a document of record.
risibly
- What is being suggested is risibly impractical.
- Almost risibly, pundits would regularly suggest ‘a spell in the army… to give them some discipline ’, as the solution.
- His performances suggest he was doing something that wasn't acting at all - it was either vastly superior or risibly inferior to what other actors might do.
Origin
Mid 16th century (in the sense 'inclined to laughter'): from late Latin risibilis, from Latin ris- 'laughed', from the verb ridere.