unlaughable
unlaughable adjective: not laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.
Adjective
unlaughable (comparative more unlaughable, superlative most unlaughable)
- Not laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.
- Utterly unlaughable, it has all the wit of a malevolent commentator as pitiless and well-informed as the records of the Day of Judgment.1963, Laurence Anthony Michel, Richard Benson Sewall, Tragedy: modern essays in criticism
- Allen Klein's book makes a powerful case for scratching terminal illness from any list of unlaughable topics...2000, Humor, Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter & Co
Synonyms of unlaughable
- laughless
- unhumorous
- funny as a dose of the clap
- jokeless
- humorless
- mirthless
- nonhumorous
- unhilarious
- unhysterical
- unjocose
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Forms of unlaughable
| comparative | more unlaughable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unlaughable |
Origin of unlaughable
From un- + laughable.
Questions about unlaughable
- What does unlaughable mean?
- Unlaughable means not laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.
- What part of speech is unlaughable?
- Unlaughable is an adjective.
Words near unlaughable in the dictionary
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