Meaning

2 senses
  1. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.

    lachhaft, lächerlich, zum Lachen

    смішни́йsmišnýj

    so unreasonable as to invite derision

  2. (archaic)Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.

    lächerlich, lachhaft

    смешно́йsmešnój, смехотво́рныйsmexotvórnyj

    смішни́йsmišnýj

    arousing or provoking laughter

Examples

12 sentences
  1. From the sublime to the laughable is just one step.

  2. The idea that he is going to make a speech is laughable.

  3. Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault.

    ruЕдинственное лекарство против тщеславия - это смех; и единственный недостаток, над которым можно смеяться, - это тщеславие. — marafon

  4. Laughable how prostitutes want to be loved by stealing your money.

  5. Your theory is laughable.

    ruВаша теория смешна. — marafon

    deDeine Theorie ist lächerlich. — maaster

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fitted to excite laughter:
Русский
By meaning 1
fitted to excite laughter:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fitted to excite laughter:
worthy of derision:

Forms

more laughable, most laughable
Comparativemore laughable Lesson
Superlativemost laughable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

124 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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