About The Word Humorous
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Humorous
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What's The Definition Of Humorous?
[adj] full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Humorous: amusing | bantering | buffoonish | clowlike | clownish | comic | comical | droll | dry | facetious | farcical | funny | Gilbertian | hilarious | humourous | ironic | ironical | jesting | jocose | jocular | joking | killing | laughable | ludicrous | mirthful | ridiculous | risible | screaming(a) | seriocomic | seriocomical | sidesplitting | slapstick | tongue-in-cheek | tragicomic | tragicomical | uproarious | waggish | witty | wry | zany Related Terms | Find terms related to Humorous: absurd | amusing | Attic | beguiling | biting | bizarre | brilliant | clever | comical | delightful | diverting | droll | eccentric | entertaining | facetious | farcical | fun | funny | hilarious | humorsome | hysterical | incongruous | jesting | jocose | jocular | joking | joky | joshing | keen | keen-witted | laughable | ludicrous | merry | mordant | nimble-witted | playful | pleasant | pointed | priceless | pungent | quaint | quick-witted | quizzical | rapier-like | recreational | rich | ridiculous | risible | salt | salty | scintillating | screaming | sharp | smart | sparkling | sprightly | titillating | titillative | waggish | whimsical | witty See Also | pleasing Humorous In Webster's Dictionary \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
See {Humor}.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
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