laughableness
Quality inviting mockery
The quality of being absurd or deserving ridicule.
Laughableness emphasizes how something invites mockery rather than genuine amusement: The laughableness of his excuses made them impossible to take seriously.
The word is formal and uncommon—most speakers would say something is laughable rather than invoke the noun.
Quality of being amusing
- hilariousnessExtreme amusement quality
- comicalityAmusing or ludicrous nature
- humorousnessQuality of being funny
- drolleryWhimsical, understated humor
wittiness · jocularity · facetiousness · whimsy · levity · mirthfulness · silliness · clownishness
Quality of being laughable
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- nonsensicalityMeaningless or illogical quality
- incongruityLack of harmony
bizarreness · outlandishness · farcicality · grotesqueness · surreality · zaniness · eccentricity · implausibility
Deserving of disdain
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
sneering · jeering · scoffing · belittlement · disparagement · triviality · pettiness · unworthiness
funniness
Quality of being amusing
- hilariousnessExtreme amusement quality
- comicalityAmusing or ludicrous nature
- humorousnessQuality of being funny
drollery · wittiness · jocularity · facetiousness · whimsy · levity · mirthfulness · silliness · clownishness · buffoonery
ridiculousness
Quality of being laughable
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- nonsensicalityMeaningless or illogical quality
incongruity · bizarreness · outlandishness · farcicality · grotesqueness · surreality · zaniness · eccentricity · implausibility · irrationality
contemptibility
Deserving of disdain
dismissiveness · sneering · jeering · scoffing · belittlement · disparagement · triviality · pettiness · unworthiness · pitifulness
entertainment
Agreeable diversion of attention
- diversionRedirection of attention
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
lightheartedness · playfulness · glee · jollity · mirth · chuckles · giggles · grins · tittering · snickering
laughablenessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
graveness · gravity · soberness · solemnity · earnestness
laughablenessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
credibility · plausibility · reasonableness · legitimacy · soundness
laugh, laughter, laughing, laughable, laughs, laughed, laugher, laughably, unlaughable