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 Translation for 'laughable' from English to French
ADJ   laughable | more laughable | most laughable
SYNO absurd | amusing | cockeyed | ...
ridicule {adj}laughable
dérisoire {adj}laughable
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Translation for 'laughable' from English to French

laughable
ridicule {adj}

dérisoire {adj}
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Usage Examples English
  • Bergson closes by noting that most comic situations are not laughable because they are part of collective habits.
  • Scott Weinberg from "eFilmCritic.com" awarded the film 2/5 stars, calling it "laughable junk", and criticized Durning's casting as the main villain.
  • Are from Catholic clerics, both with the same ugly teeth. The prelate once acts as a clerical occupational counsellor, that degrades bishop Wolfgang Haas after a laughable qualifying examination.
  • "Variety" magazine commented that the film has "breakneck action and some dandy dogfights", but the dialogue is "simply laughable".
  • Critical reception was negative, described as ranging "from dismissive to disdainful". "People" contributor Scott Veale described "Games People Play" as "NBC's laughable 'trashsport' show".

  • Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, representing Great Britain, achieved international fame for what the BBC described as "his brave but laughable attempts at ski-jumping".
  • "He related a laughable story of a panick which seized the people of his neighbourhood about two years ago, occasioned by a report being spread that two hundred Indians were encamped for hostile purposes on the banks of Shade river.
  • In the provinces, the young ladies' Parisian pretensions attracted mockery, while in Paris, their puffed-up provincial naiveté and self-esteem proved laughable.
  • Joe Leydon of "Variety" called the film a "borderline embarrassing vanity project that brings out the worst in TV vet Peter Lefcourt" and wrote that Zea and Parise "bring impressive measures of conviction to laughable dialogue".
  • It found the performances of Kapoor and Madhubala "laughable" and "amusing", and the songs only passable fares.

  • "College Capers" received positive reviews from the cinema magazines at that time. and said the film had "laughable gags". Whilst the Motion Picture Herald said the film was "just fair".
  • Pere Vall of "Fotogramas" gave the film a negative review and 2 out of 5 stars, singling out as the only positive points (among laughable scenes galore) Bloyd and her character's female friends, Chiapella, Omedes' cinematography and the Barcelona setting.
  • Rob Debree, lead sheriff's investigator at the time, said the book contains "factual errors and lies", and deemed Jimenez's claim that Shepard was a drug dealer "truly laughable".
  • Steelinks lawyers replied that he was not dismissed, and made the laughable claim that "further employment may be offered to him", which ultimately never happened.
  • He said the government's claim that Maoists could be behind the killings was laughable.

  • Other reviewers, such as the one in "Publishers Weekly", called the book a "laughable screed," and suggested that DiLorenzo's main target was "scholars who dominate American universities (most notably Eric Foner)".
  • He goes on to say that it is a good film, awarding it three stars out of four, but it does not fit its target audience; some "scenes are unsuitable for small children, and the 'PG' rating is laughable".
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