laughable

English

Etymology

From laugh +‎ -able.

Adjective

laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)

1. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
2. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”:

     It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.

Synonyms

• droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible

Derived terms

• laughableness
• laughably

Translations

fitted to exite laughter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可笑 (cmn) (kěxiào)

• Czech: směšný (cs)
• Danish: latterlig (da), komisk (da)
• Dutch: belachelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: ridinda (eo)
• Finnish: huvittava (fi), naurattava (fi)
• French: risible (fr), ridicule (fr)
• German: lächerlich (de), lachhaft (de)
• Hindi: हास्यस्पद (hi) (hāsyaspad)

• Icelandic: hlægilegur (is)
• Italian: ridicolo (it)
• Japanese: 可笑しい (ja) (おかしい, okashii), 人笑わせ (ja) (ひとわらわせ, hito-warawase)
• Luxembourgish: lächerlech (lb)
• Papiamentu: ridíkulo
• Polish: śmieszny (pl)
• Portuguese: ridículo (pt)
• Russian: смешной (ru) (smešnój), смехотворный (ru) (smexotvórnyj)
• Spanish: risible (es), ridículo (es)
• Turkish: gülünç (tr)