risible
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The idea that it can roam the globe on its own, ending wars with no base of power or authority, is risible.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
I hadn’t been to an Angels game in a few years, and the stadium was as risible as I remembered it, if not more so.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
But the movie feels reduced to a muddle, and its climactic sequence, which ought to have been a moving depiction of love and sacrifice, comes off as unintentionally campy and risible.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
The union boss described the pay offer made from the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, as "risible".
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023
Many a dialogue have I heard pass between the gossips on their way from the Moravian Chapel, sufficient to excite the risible faculties of a stoic.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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