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risible

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1. risible - Adjective

2. risible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.

Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.

Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life. Samuel Johnson

I can never quite decide whether the anti-Columbus movement is merely risible or faintly sinister... It is sinister, though, because it is an ignorant celebration of stasis and backwardness, with an unpleasant tinge of self-hatred. Christopher Hitchens

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted. Arabella Weir

an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls Source: Internet

an amusing fellow Source: Internet

a comic hat Source: Internet

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