-fəbəl adjective
: giving rise to mirth or derision : comical , absurd
antique finery, which would have been laughable on another woman — W.H.Hudson †1922
Synonyms:
risible , funny , droll , comical , comic , farcical , ridiculous , ludicrous : laughable is a general term describing that which intentionally or unintentionally occasions laughter either benign or derisive
considered it a laughable affair, and was continually bobbing his head out the galley door to make jocose remarks — Jack London
the lower classes aped the rigid decorum of their “betters” with laughable results — Harrison Smith
risible is a close synonym for laughable , also lacking special connotation
has some risible material that she delivers well — New Yorker
funny describes that which occasions laughter especially through obvious peculiarity or absurdity
where a funny little happy-go-lucky, native-managed railway runs to Jodhpore — Rudyard Kipling
children thought he was a very funny old Chinaman, as children always think anything old and strange is funny — John Steinbeck
droll indicates laughable qualities arising from either odd quaintness or arch waggishness
a serious child with a droll adult expression
are apt to take on a droll sly humor, especially those “tall tales” of exaggeration — American Guide Series: North Carolina
comical describes that which elicits spontaneous hilarity
the abrupt transition of her features from assured pride to ludicrous astonishment and alarm was comical enough to have sent into wild uncharitable laughter any creature less humane — Arnold Bennett
gave his figure a comical air of having been loosely and inaccurately strung together from a selection of stuffed bags of cloth — Leslie Charteris
comic is sometimes a close synonym of comical but may differ from it in applying to that which calls for a degree of reflection and occasions more thoughtful mirth
people laugh at absurdities that are very far from being comic — Joseph Conrad
farcical applies to that which is so extravagant or extreme as to provoke laughter or derision
the cases described in the preceding pages are mainly farcical in their extravagance — Aldous Huxley
almost farcical to suppose that Henry, as a Norman prince, could not talk his own language to his Norman bride — William Empson
ridiculous describes that which is derided as vain or inappropriate
to be always harping on nationality is to convert what should be a recognition of natural conditions into a ridiculous pride in one's own oddities — George Santayana
formed a humorous compound consisting of 168 letters, a thing that would be ridiculous rather than funny in English — E.S.McCartney
ludicrous indicates that which is so absurd or preposterous that it excites both laughter and scorn
enacted a scene as ludicrous as it was pitiable — Charles Kingsley
had friendships, one after another, so violent as to be often ludicrous — Hilaire Belloc