laughable
pronunciation
How to pronounce laughable in British English:
UK [ˈlɑ:fəbl]
How to pronounce laughable in American English:
US [ˈlæfəbl]
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- Adjective:
- completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
- arousing or provoking laughter
Word Origin
- laughable (adj.)
- 1590s, from laugh (v.) + -able. Related: Laughably.
Example
- 1. Talking to hr is even more laughable .
- 2. But the idea of all-knowing bankers and unerring entrepreneurs is laughable .
- 3. During these meetings we warmed to the vendors to a laughable degree .
- 4. Dictatorship already seems a distant memory ; the notion of a coup laughable .
- 5. And the idea that foreign ownership of immobile assets such as airports or ports poses a risk is laughable .