Laughable is an English word with synonyms like absurd or mirthful. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Laughable in a sentence
Laughable meaning
- Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
- Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Synonyms of Laughable
Using Laughable
- The main meaning on this page is: Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. | Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
- Useful related words include: absurd, mirthful, funny, comical.
- In the example corpus, laughable often appears in combinations such as: is laughable, laughable and, be laughable.
Context around Laughable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Laughable
- In this selection, "laughable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, entirely, almost, unintentionally, legal, graham and claims stand out and add context to how "laughable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and unintentionally laughable storytelling made and bare the laughable linguistic roots. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "laughable" sits close to words such as abbreviation, abdel and adeleke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with laughable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That assertion would be laughable were it not so tragic. (10 words)
The idea that she is staying there for the kid’s birthday is laughable. (14 words)
The idea that a country must supply its enemy with electricity and water is laughable. (15 words)
It’s laughable that so many suggest they can really “stick it” to Rodgers by paying him 60 million to ride the pine… I mean, if you made him dig craters with a shovel maybe but holding a clipboard and avoiding injury? (42 words)
It’s laughable how Hamas continues to fudge the number of civilian deaths with no mention of the eliminated terrorist, they are claimed to be all civilians and the world media continues to fall for it. (36 words)
The cover story, that somehow charming King Charles, who barely knows where he is at any given moment, would grease the wheels for the government to provide their funding for the Kop rebuild was laughable. (35 words)
It’s laughable that so many suggest they can really “stick it” to Rodgers by paying him 60 million to ride the pine… I mean, if you made him dig craters with a shovel maybe but holding a clipboard and avoiding injury? (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
A “bold but not entirely laughable” legal strategy for the former president: “How Trump could win by losing, and delay his trial date” (Ruth Marcus, Washington Post).
And to think that the very guy who wrote the plea agreement is seriously going to continue to investigate the Bidens is laughable,” Graham added.
A UK Government source said: “Lorna Slater is only embarrassing herself further by making these laughable claims.
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, Quart lays bare the laughable linguistic roots of the term “bootstrapped” and its dangerous contemporary sociological ramifications.
But this soft-focus stab at Marlowe is bereft of charisma and his clumsy attempts at roughhouse fail in the worst way by being laughable.
If that wasn't laughable enough, there was also an idea to do a podcast about fatherhood — and possibly interview The Pope for it.
It’s laughable how Hamas continues to fudge the number of civilian deaths with no mention of the eliminated terrorist, they are claimed to be all civilians and the world media continues to fall for it.
It’s laughable that so many suggest they can really “stick it” to Rodgers by paying him 60 million to ride the pine… I mean, if you made him dig craters with a shovel maybe but holding a clipboard and avoiding injury?
It’s not only wokeness, but laughable stories like the largest-ever of fraud on an ankle bracelet near the Row.
It’s now almost laughable that, at one point, many investors believed that Lucid and Rivian were true competitive threats to market leader ).
It’s such a laughable start to an extremely hyped race that had started to sour even before F1 arrived.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party Chairman in Abia State, Hon. Ceekay Igara, said the court’s “pronouncement is laughable”.
Not only was the animation pretty poor, but the voice acting and unintentionally laughable storytelling made for some cringeworthy moments.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says Parliament's sanction for him to apologise to anti-crime activist Ian Cameron is "laughable", adding that he will take the decision on review.
Rahm had previously described the updated rankings system as “laughable” and demanded to know “what’s going on” after failing to move up a place following a third win in five events in January.
Season 13 left audience members feeling uncomfortable with the contrived writing and its offensive (but not laughable) humor.
That assertion would be laughable were it not so tragic.
The cover story, that somehow charming King Charles, who barely knows where he is at any given moment, would grease the wheels for the government to provide their funding for the Kop rebuild was laughable.
The idea that a country must supply its enemy with electricity and water is laughable.
The idea that she is staying there for the kid’s birthday is laughable.
Common combinations with laughable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is laughable 40×
- laughable and 13×
- be laughable 12×
- it laughable 9×
- laughable that 9×
- was laughable 9×
- and laughable 9×
- laughable if 8×
- laughable to 7×
- as laughable 5×