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1. humorous
adjective. ['ˈhjuːmɝəs'] full of or characterized by humor.
Synonyms
- amusing
- humourous
- wry
- seriocomic
- comical
- tragicomic
- zany
- seriocomical
- dry
- pleasing
- slapstick
- ironical
- risible
- ludicrous
- witty
- droll
- jocose
- ridiculous
- screaming
- tongue-in-cheek
- funny
- hilarious
- sidesplitting
- farcical
- killing
- facetious
- ironic
- buffoonish
- clownish
- comic
- Gilbertian
- clownlike
- jocular
- joking
- mirthful
- uproarious
- jesting
- bantering
- waggish
- tragicomical
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ous (English)
- humour (English)
Rhymes with Humorous
- humerus
- numerous
- humerous
Sentences with humorous
1. Adjective
What sounds biting and rude on the telephone may have come across more lighthearted and humorous in person.
Quotes about humorous
1. If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.
- Alan Thicke
2. I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.
- Colm Meaney
3. I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
- W. Somerset Maugham