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,