Laughing vs Laughable - What's the difference?
laughing | laughable |
Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
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As a noun laughing
is the action of the verb to laugh .As a verb laughing
is .As an adjective laughable is
worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.laughing
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Verb
(head)Usage notes
As with other present participles, laughing can be used as an adjective: : The Laughing Cavalier : laughing hyena Likewise, as with other gerunds, laughing can be used as a verbal noun: : Laughing could be heard all the way from the back of the room!Synonyms
* (as a gerund ): hilarity, laughterDerived terms
* laughing academy * laughing dove * laughing falcon * laughing gas * laughing goose * laughing gull * laughing hyena * laughing jackass * laughing owl * laughingstocklaughable
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.}}