Laughable vs Merry - What's the difference?
laughable | merry | Related terms |
Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
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Jolly and full of high spirits
* Shakespeare
Festive and full of fun and laughter
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
Brisk
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
* Spenser
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
Laughable is a related term of merry.
As an adjective laughable
is worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.As a proper noun merry is
originally a nickname for a merry person.laughable
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.}}
Synonyms
* droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risibleDerived terms
* laughableness * laughablymerry
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- We had a very merry Christmas.
- I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
- f I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
- Everyone was merry at the party.
- The play moved along at a merry pace.
- a merry jest
- merry wind and weather
- Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.