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laughable

laugh.able \'laf-*-b*l, 'la.f-\ \-ble-\ aj : fitted to provoke laughter or 
   derision : RIDICULOUS COMICAL, DROLL, FUNNY mean provoking laughter or 
   mirth. LAUGHABLE applies to anything occasioning laughter intentionally or 
   unintentionally; LUDICROUS suggests absurdity or preposterousness that 
   excites both laughter and scorn or sometimes pity; RIDICULOUS suggests 
   extreme absurdity, foolishness, or contemptibility; COMIC applies esp. to 
   that which arouses thoughtful amusment; COMICAL applies to that which 
   arouses unrestrained spontaneous hilarity; DROLL suggests laughable 
   qualities arising from oddness or quaintness or from deliberate 
   waggishness; FUNNY is a usual equivalent of DROLL or of COMICAL - 
   laugh.able.ness n SYN syn LAUGHABLE, LUDICROUS, RIDICULOUS, COMIC,