different between asinine vs laughable
asinine
English
Etymology
From Latin asin?nus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?æs.?.na?n/, /?æs.?.na?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
- Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality
- Synonyms: foolish, obstinate
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
- Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
- Synonym: donkeyish
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
Synonyms
- asinary (obsolete)
- assy (informal)
Derived terms
Related terms
- asinicide
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.zi.nin/
- Homophone: asinines
Adjective
asinine
- feminine singular of asinin
Italian
Adjective
asinine
- feminine plural of asinino
Anagrams
- insanie
Latin
Adjective
asin?ne
- vocative masculine singular of asin?nus
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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)
- (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.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 91:
- Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Synonyms
- droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible, ridiculous
Derived terms
- laughableness
- laughably
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