unlaughable

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adjective

Not laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.

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laughlessunhumorousfunny as a dose of the clapjokelesshumorlessirrisiblemirthlessnonhumorous
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Meanings

adjectiveunlaughable (comparative more unlaughable, superlative most unlaughable)

comparative more unlaughable · superlative most unlaughable

  1. Not laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.

    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
    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: laughless, unhumorous, funny as a dose of the clap, jokeless, humorless, irrisible, laughless, mirthless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.

Similar
laughlessunhumorousfunny as a dose of the clapjokelesshumorlessirrisiblelaughlessmirthlessnonhumorousunhilariousunhumorousunhystericalunjocoseunjocularunmirthful
Also see
agelasticfunny as a dose of the clapirrisiblejokeprooflaughlessnonfunnynonhumorousunamusedunamusinguncomicuncomicalunfunnyunhilariousunhumorousunhystericalunjocoseunjocular

Origin

From un- + laughable.

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APA

unlaughable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaughable

MLA

“unlaughable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaughable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlaughable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaughable.

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