laughable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈlaːfəbl̩/
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/ˈlaːfəbl̩/ · /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/(UK) · /ˈlæfəbl̩/(UK) · /ˈlæfəbl̩/(US)

Definition of laughable

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
    “At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
    “At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.”
  2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
    “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.”
    ““Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he wrote.”

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Etymology

From laugh + -able.

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