laughable

From laugh +‎ -able.

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːfəbl̩/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/
• (US) enPR: ˈlăfəbl̩, IPA^(key): /ˈlæfəbl̩/

laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)

1. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.

• droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible, ridiculous

• laughableness
• laughably