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Risible

adjective
1.
Arousing or provoking laughter.  Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful.  "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"






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"Risible" Quotes from Famous Books



... too much for Paganel's risible faculties. He burst out laughing. Toline did not know what to make of him. He had done his best to answer every question put to him. But the singularity of the answers were not his blame; indeed, he never imagined anything singular about them. However, he took it all quietly, and ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne



Words linked to "Risible" :   risibility, humourous, mirthful, humorous, comic



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