What's the difference between laughable and laughworthy?

Laughable


Definition:

  • (a.) Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But yesterday the Tories said the move was laughable as the number of quangos had risen dramatically since Labour came to power in 1997, despite a promise by Gordon Brown in opposition of a "bonfire of the quangos".
  • (2) The finishing today as been laughable from both sides.
  • (3) The idea of having a nice glass of milk and a bath to help me sleep would be laughable.
  • (4) Yet, there is no doubt that All Star has been targeted for its specific qualities – the main ones being its feelgood nostalgia value and a laughably exuberant pop-punk style that feels totally earnest.
  • (5) After referring to Salmond's previous role as a horse racing tipster for the News of the World when Brooks was editor, Gray said: "SNP claims that these meetings were to promote Scotland are laughable as it is clear they were all about promoting Alex Salmond and the SNP."
  • (6) Such a charge would be laughable if it weren't so cynical and irresponsible.
  • (7) The renewed debate on the nation’s constitutional future has led to some laughable abjurations from both sides.
  • (8) As for Hillary Clinton's intervention , suggesting in effect that Britain take lessons in value for money from the Pentagon, it is laughable.
  • (9) For those filling the streets of Moqattam, or the hundreds recreating the Harlem Shake in the same place last month, or the thousands who embarked on a campaign of civil disobedience in Port Said, the idea is laughable.
  • (10) The idea that New Labour or Blairism is or was social democratic is laughable.
  • (11) He says the BBC director general Mark Thompson's budget cuts "have cut flesh as well as fat" from BBC Radio, which he says is "laughably underfunded".
  • (12) Claudio Ranieri Leicester City manager A year ago his candidacy would have felt laughable given he had just lost to the Faroe Islands during a four-game spell with Greece.
  • (13) North Korea has demanded the US recognise it as a “legitimate nuclear weapons state” following its fifth and largest atomic test, adding that threats of further sanctions against the country were “laughable”.
  • (14) The case – and the laughable lack of scientific evidence for their claims – has been covered by every newspaper in the country.
  • (15) Such talk would have been laughable in the days when the US capital was dominated by one trade – politics – plagued by crime, and bitterly divided by class and race.
  • (16) But those who find Europe laughable, they must be countered, because Europe is not a lightweight.
  • (17) He told the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that he was "extremely proud" of his inclusion on the list, adding that the sanctions were laughable.
  • (18) "It's absolutely laughable," said a senior government source.
  • (19) And Comey’s call for “clarity and transparency” surrounding the surveillance process wouldn’t be so laughable if the FBI wasn’t aggressively trying to hide it’s all surveillance capabilities from the public, making law enforcement sign non-disclosure agreements as they hand out invasive new spying technology, and refusing to even tell count how many times they’ve searched through the NSA’s massive databases for Americans without a warrant.
  • (20) "Within the context of record graduate unemployment and student debt, it seems laughable that university leaders are hoping for higher fees and pressing for cuts in student support."

Laughworthy


Definition:

  • (a.) Deserving to be laughed at.

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