1
as in funny
causing or intended to cause laughter
a risible comment that made the whole class laugh
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2
as in ridiculous
so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
the idea that people are meant to have wings is risible
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The Roberts Court also has a history of embracing legal arguments that were widely viewed as risible by the legal community after those arguments were adopted by the Republican Party.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 June 2024
But the confidence and craftsmanship invested in Crash are, ultimately, the problem, because the infuriatingly contrived screenplay and hushed seriousness conspire to produce a risible portrait of complex social issues reduced to glib plot points.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
President Volodymyr Zelensky has put the toll at thirty-one thousand, but that figure is risible—the real number is much higher.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Having become frivolous, vainglorious, and suicidal, the Republican Party is on the verge of super-gluing itself to its risible liability of a perma-candidate for the eighth year in a row.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 June 2024
But the confidence and craftsmanship invested in Crash are, ultimately, the problem, because the infuriatingly contrived screenplay and hushed seriousness conspire to produce a risible portrait of complex social issues reduced to glib plot points.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
President Volodymyr Zelensky has put the toll at thirty-one thousand, but that figure is risible—the real number is much higher.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Having become frivolous, vainglorious, and suicidal, the Republican Party is on the verge of super-gluing itself to its risible liability of a perma-candidate for the eighth year in a row.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Risible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/risible. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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