Definition of risible
1a : capable of laughingb : disposed to laugh
2 : arousing or provoking laughter; especially : laughable
3 : associated with, relating to, or used in laughter risible muscles
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Examples of risible in a Sentence
The suggestion was downright risible.
a risible comment that made the whole class laugh
Recent Examples of risible from the Web
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Still, none of it really adds up to much, and the sensual flourishes -- like sneaking off together during a masked ball -- can't obscure the laughs that the most risible dialogue elicits.
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Risible raconteur Jim Shepard imagines The World to Come (Knopf).
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Rothschild’s continued assertions that its patent extends to products simply because they are configured using the Internet are risible rather than simply unreasonable.
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This is because Yates’ charge of potential blackmail appears on the surface to be risible.
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Kelly had moments of luck in Fox News when up against interview subjects who were presented to the audience as risible in a sort of kayfabe way.
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The idea that the arts will wither away if the NEA goes away is risible.
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The idea that the arts will wither away if the NEA goes away is risible.
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Risible raconteur Jim Shepard imagines The World to Come (Knopf).
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Did You Know?
If someone makes a ridiculous remark about your risible muscles, he or she is not necessarily deriding your physique. Risible can also mean "associated with laughter," so risible muscles can simply be the ones used for laughing. (You've also got a set of risorius muscles around your mouth that help you smile.) Next time you find something laughable, tip your hat to ridēre, the Latin verb meaning "to laugh" that gave us risible (and ridiculous and deride, by the way).
Origin and Etymology of risible
Late Latin risibilis, from Latin risus, past participle of ridēre to laugh
RISIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of risible for English Language Learners
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: deserving to be laughed at : very silly or unreasonable
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