Risible

Word RISIBLE
Character 7
Hyphenation ris i ble
Pronunciations /ˈɹaɪzɪbəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Risible"

What do we mean by risible?

Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter. adjective

Eliciting laughter; ludicrous. adjective

Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh. adjective

Having the faculty or power of laughing.

Laughable; capable of exciting laughter; ridiculous.

Of or pertaining to laughter; exerted to produce laughter: as, the risible faculty.

Same as risibilities. See risibility, 2.

Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. adjective

Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. adjective

Used in, or expressing, laughter. adjective

Of or pertaining to laughter adjective

Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant adjective

Easily laughing; prone to laughter adjective

Arousing or provoking laughter adjective

Of or pertaining to laughter

Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant

(of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter

Synonyms and Antonyms for Risible

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The word "risible" in example sentences

The only website representing Welsh Labour on the web that isn't entirely risible is the party's official website, which nevertheless can be criticised for its lack of imagination, innovation and provision for Welsh speakers in comparison to certain other party websites. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No surprise here; the BBC's agenda against Christianity has long been evident anyone recall the risible Bonekickers, among others? ❋ Unknown (2009)

(aka risible BNP singing "star" Joey Smith), who is standing for election in Dewsbury on Oct ❋ Unknown (2010)

Good on Stringer for calling the anti-Casino line suggesting Manchestre hadn't been coming up withe other regeneration ideas 'risible'. ❋ Unknown (2007)

_I answer that, _ What belongs to one cannot be said of another, unless they are both the same; thus "risible" can be predicated only of man. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Brendan Gormley, chief executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee, said the claim that aid agencies had lost their humanitarianism ethos was "risible". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many, many critics have written on the unconscious homoeroticism of Hopkins's poetry; my review referred to only one, Helen Vendler, and it was from Vendler that I borrowed the word "risible," which she uses in her discussion in The Breaking of Style (1995) of "The Bugler's First Communion"; in this poem, she observes, "metaphor takes on such unconscious sexual analogy that a psychoanalytic reading finds it almost risible (the bugler boy 'to all I teach/Yields ténder as a púshed péach')." ❋ Ford, Mark (2009)

Sarah, although my own disagreement with Dr. Seitz is evident in the thread above, I will say that your accusation that Dr. Seitz is acting in other than good faith is unfair (perhaps, to use his rejoinder to me - "risible"). orthodox dioceses in the US, and that is a commendable thing. orthodox need to deal with, and the sooner the better, is the co-ordination of ministry - or at least, not allowing our ministries to cancel each other. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite Elizabeth Crawford's irreplaceable scholarship and Sue Croft's creative work in theatre, they should not have the last word on Rebecca Lenkiewicz's remarkable play about the suffragettes, Her Naked Skin (politics, "risible" lesbian love (Crawford) and absence of working-class participation and real historical figures (Croft) are the principal criticisms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The comic relief in "Northern Pursuit" (1943) and its almost risible storyline place it alongside "Desperate Journey" as a war picture that elicits smiles. ❋ David Mermelstein (2010)

Libertarianism has nothing to do directly with federal versus state powers (“states rights” being a risible vacuity – governments have power, individual people have rights). ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am simply noting what I believe to be patently the case, that throughout the vast majority of US history the concept of “gay marriage” would have been treated in virtually all circles as a risible oxymoron. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As guidelines for getting useful intelligence from fanatics, they are risible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The idea that participating on a listserv counts, however, seems to me not just wrong but risible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Moldovan government largely lives within its (admittedly limited) means; Moldovan banks, on the whole, exhibit what a year ago would have been diagnosed as risible, out-of-touch conservatism, lending modestly (35 percent of GDP, as compared with 230 percent in the United States) and maintaining a high capital-to-assets ratio. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For proof one need only watch the director's risible adaptation of Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" 1935, with Peter Lorre as Raskolnikov. ❋ David Mermelstein (2011)

Politico. com reports on an especially risible comment: ❋ James Taranto (2010)

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