Amusing vs Laughable - What's the difference?
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Entertaining.
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Funny, hilarious.
Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
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As adjectives the difference between amusing and laughable
is that amusing is entertaining while laughable is worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.As a verb amusing
is present participle of lang=en.amusing
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
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Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* unamusingDerived terms
* amusingnesslaughable
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Adjective
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