1
as in funny
causing or intended to cause laughter
the laughable, boisterous antics of the circus clowns
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2
as in ridiculous
so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
it was simply laughable to see this middle-aged, hopelessly square candidate trying to appear young and hip
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Recent Examples of laughable
In this environment, the notion that any Pac-12 expansion candidate would prompt one of its media partners (CBS, The CW and USA Network) to offer enough revenue to satisfy current members approaches laughable.
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The idea that a low-wage worker can jeopardize proprietary information by taking a better job at the deli down the block would be laughable if the consequences were not so serious.
—Morris M. Kleiner, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
When ChatGPT couldn’t reliably add and subtract, let alone search the web, the notion that AI programs would soon be able to do world-class machine-learning research seemed laughable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
DeFilippis and his company have found a full-bodied expression of this kind of existential anguish, which is active and charged, both laughable and tragic, its back up against the wall of the absurd.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The idea that a low-wage worker can jeopardize proprietary information by taking a better job at the deli down the block would be laughable if the consequences were not so serious.
—Morris M. Kleiner, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
When ChatGPT couldn’t reliably add and subtract, let alone search the web, the notion that AI programs would soon be able to do world-class machine-learning research seemed laughable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
DeFilippis and his company have found a full-bodied expression of this kind of existential anguish, which is active and charged, both laughable and tragic, its back up against the wall of the absurd.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughable
Adjective
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Some of these flourishes are jarringly funny, others merely stop the film momentarily in its tracks.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 June 2026
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People being all excited to be in an alliance that doesn't actually exist shouldn't be funny.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Thanks in large part to their four ridiculous last-minute comebacks — one in each playoff round — the Pacers will go down in history as one of the most exciting teams that didn’t win the title.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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At its core, most superhero films, for me, are somewhat ridiculous.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
6 June 2026
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The actress, 52, shared a humorous Instagram Reel on Thursday, June 4.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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As Fey said in an interview pegged to season one, the truth is humorous.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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There is always the possibility that something absurd might occur — the equivalent of Neymar’s 2017 move to Paris Saint-Germain, for instance — but that’s extremely unlikely.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Ironically, the fears of two Republicans advancing were driven by Democratic data vendor Paul Mitchell, who built a prediction machine using absurd inputs like betting odds and polls that cannot account for things like rape allegations.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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The comedic actors’ thread is just one of several Chiefs threads Riggle is on.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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But besides the physical parameters, Peter Claffey and Dexter Ansell were able to capture the irreverent, comedic tone of showrunner Ira Parker’s scripts.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2026
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By then, Thomsen says, the public perception had shifted from regarding it as tough and controversial to seeing it as desperate and pathetic.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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The plan involved discovering a long lost princess, hopping on a plane to London, breaking into a museum store room, and enlisting the help of a very pathetic historian.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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The meta-ness of mentioning Sebold’s novel is amusing for those who recognize that connection.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Fairies and gods and shipwrecks all conspire to put our players in the most exigent but also the most amusing circumstances.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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To lose that would be silly now.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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“Laughable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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