mindmap root((可笑)) laughable applies to anything that occasions laughter whether intentionally or unintentionally: her attempts at roller-skating is ~. ludicrous suggests absurdity or preposterousness that excites both laughter and scorn and sometimes pity: a spy thriller with a ~ plot. ridiculous suggests extreme absurdity, foolishness, or contemptibility: a ~ portrayal of wartime battle. comic applies especially to that which arouses thoughtful or wry amusement: Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's great ~ characters. comical applies to that which arouses unrestrained spontaneous hilarity: his ~ appearance would have tested a saint. risible connotes that which causes laughter or is funny: a ~ account of their mishap. droll suggests laughable qualities arising from oddity, quaintness, or deliberate waggishness: amused us with ~ stories of questionable veracity. funny interchangeable with any of the other terms, may suggest curiousness or strangeness as the basis of a laughable quality: had a ~ feeling about the whole encounter.