unlaughable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + laughable.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unlaughable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unlaughable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
unmirthful · unlaughable · nonhumorous · mirthless · laughless · unhysterical · funny as a dose of the clap · unjocose · irrisible · unhumorous · unjocular · unhilarious · unhumorous · jokeless · laughless · humorless