Risible - English meaning

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

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The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

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The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Causing laughter and providing entertainment.

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Such a likeable, amusing man!

verb

Cause (someone) to find something funny.

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He made faces to amuse her

adjective

Entertaining and funny

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An amusing story/person/situation

adjective

Causing mild amusement; humorous.

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The script is chucklesome rather than hilarious

adjective

Causing or meant to cause laughter.

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A comic monologue

noun

A comedian.

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He is training as a stand-up comic

adjective

Making you want to laugh; amusing

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A comic actor/performance/writer

adjective

Amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way.

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A series of comical misunderstandings

adjective

Making you want to laugh; amusing

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Tell me the truth – do i look comical (= strange or foolish) in this hat?

adjective

Entertaining or amusing.

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Fans of these actors will find this book a diverting read

verb

Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.

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A scheme to divert water from the river to irrigate agricultural land

adjective

Entertaining and enjoyable

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Her book is highly diverting and full of interesting facts., the first episode in this diverting ne…

adjective

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

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His unique brand of droll self-mockery

noun

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

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When english replaced cornish as the language of cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as …

adjective

Amusing in an unusual way

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I always loved his droll sense of humor.

adjective

Providing amusement or enjoyment.

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A charming and entertaining companion

verb

Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.

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A tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd

adjective

Amusing and enjoyable

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An entertaining movie

adjective

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

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A facetious remark

adjective

Not seriously meaning what you say, usually in an attempt to be humorous or to trick someone

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I make so much money that we never have to worry – i’m being facetious., "we could spend all our in…

adjective

Relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.

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He considered the whole idea farcical

adjective

Very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous

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The whole situation has become farcical., there were farcical scenes at the meeting.

adjective

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.

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A funny story

noun

Comic strips in newspapers.

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I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial

An account of an amusing incident

adjective

Extremely amusing.

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Her hilarious novel

adjective

Extremely amusing and causing a lot of laughter

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Her jokes are absolutely hilarious.

adjective

Causing laughter and amusement; comic.

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A humorous and entertaining talk

adjective

Funny, or making you laugh

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Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life.

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

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Janet became hysterical and began screaming

adjective

So ludicrous as to be amusing.

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If it didn't make me so angry it would be laughable

adjective

Amusing or ridiculous

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The movie was so far from accurate that it was laughable.

adjective

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

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It's ludicrous that i have been fined

adjective

Ridiculous or foolish; unreasonable or unsuitable

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Some stories that initially seemed ludicrous turned out to be true.

adjective

Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

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That ridiculous tartan cap

adjective

Marked by or involving public disorder.

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A riotous crowd

adjective

Very loud and uncontrolled, and full of energy

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We went to a riotous party and danced all night., uk five students were arrested for riotous behavi…

adjective

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.

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Another of his silly jokes

noun

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.

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Silly mid-on

adjective

Showing a lack of thought or judgment; not serious and not showing much intelligence

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A silly grin, i watched another silly movie last night., it’s time to stop the silliness and get se…

noun

Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events.

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Slapstick humour

adjective

Characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

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An uproarious party