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Antonyms for risible

Grammar : Adj
Spell : riz-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪz ə bəl


Definition of risible

Origin :
  • 1550s, "given to laughter," from Middle French risible (14c.) and directly from Late Latin risibilis "laughable, able to laugh," from Latin risus, past participle of ridere "to laugh." Meaning "capable of exciting laughter, comical" is from 1727.
  • adj humorous
Example sentences :
  • She provided her, at a risible charge, with succulent meals.
  • Extract from : « The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol » by William J. Locke
  • Annette declined to laugh at the most risible caricatures of Tinman.
  • Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
  • Has such a risible calamity ever occurred before in any age?
  • Extract from : « An Artist's Letters From Japan » by John La Farge
  • He dictated with calm deliberation, and shewed no risible feeling even when he had made a humorous point.
  • Extract from : « The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature » by Various
  • Which very probably the philosopher had in his head, when he defined man a risible animal.
  • Extract from : « Ebrietatis Encomium » by Boniface Oinophilus
  • It was a perfect tragi-comedy; a mixture of the terrible, the risible, the ominous, the rococo.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
  • It is risible, this episode; Huysmans could display verve and a sort of grim humour when he wished.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • The poor fellow uttered these sentiments with such earnestness, that my risible emotions were converted into pity.
  • Extract from : « A Morning's Walk from London to Kew » by Richard Phillips
  • Passing to other fields of life: "Risible—Doctor gives up hope."
  • Extract from : « Second String » by Anthony Hope
  • Other writers in 1782, however, exerted their risible muscles much more vigorously than Malone did.
  • Extract from : « Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) » by Edmond Malone

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