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(adj) funny, amusing, mirthful, risible, comic, comical
arousing or provoking laughter
an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls; an amusing fellow; a comic hat; a comical look of surprise; funny stories that made everybody laugh; a very funny writer; it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much; a mirthful experience; risible courtroom antics
(adj) absurd, derisory, cockeyed, idiotic, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, nonsensical
incongruous;inviting ridicule
the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework; that's a cockeyed idea; ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer; a contribution so small as to be laughable; it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion; a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history; her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous