different between amusing vs laughable

amusing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??mju?z??/

Verb

amusing

  1. present participle of amuse

Adjective

amusing (comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)

  1. Entertaining.
  2. Funny, hilarious.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:funny
  • See also Thesaurus:witty

Antonyms

  • unamusing

Derived terms

  • amusingness

Translations

Anagrams

  • Mungias

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laughable

English

Etymology

From laugh +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /?la?f?bl?/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?l??f?bl?/, /?læf?bl?/
  • (US) enPR: ?l?f?bl?, IPA(key): /?læf?bl?/

Adjective

laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)

  1. (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 91:
      At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
  2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.

Synonyms

  • droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible, ridiculous

Derived terms

  • laughableness
  • laughably

Translations

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