risible

/'rizibl/

Thân thiện

The judge's risible comment made the entire courtroom chuckle.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Laughable, ludicrous: Describes something that is so absurd, foolish, or incongruous that it provokes laughter or mockery.
   • Pertaining to laughter: Relating to or having the ability to laugh. (This sense is now rare.)

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • His attempt to explain quantum physics using only hand puppets was utterly risible.
  • The politician's risible excuse for his absence did not convince anyone.
  • The film's special effects were so cheap and poorly done that they were risible rather than impressive.

Advanced Usage

• "Risible to": Used to indicate who finds something laughable.
  • The proposal was risible to the experienced engineers, who knew it was impossible.
• In formal/critical contexts: Often used in critiques, reviews, or analytical writing to dismiss an idea, argument, or artistic effort as worthy only of scornful laughter.
  • The critic dismissed the author's latest novel as a risible attempt at profundity.

Variants and Related Words

• Risibility (noun): The ability or tendency to laugh; the state of being laughable.
  • Despite the tense situation, he couldn't suppress his risibility.
• Derisive (adjective): Expressing contempt or ridicule. (Note: This is a related but distinct word, focusing on the aspect of laughter.)

Synonyms

• Laughable: Amusingly absurd.
• Ludicrous: So foolish or unreasonable as to be amusing.
• Preposterous: Contrary to reason or common sense; absurd.
• Farci cal: Resembling a farce; ludicrous.

Antonyms

• Serious: Demanding careful consideration or application.
• Sober: Marked by seriousness or gravity.
• Reasonable: Having sound judgment; fair and sensible.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• While "risible" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, it describes the quality inherent in phrases like:
  • A laughing stock: A person or thing ridiculed by many.

    • His risible performance made him the laughing stock of the industry.
  • Beyond a joke: Too serious or annoying to be funny.

    • The constant delays moved from being risible to being beyond a joke.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• amusing
• comic
• comical
• funny
• laughable
• mirthful