Comic
['kɒmɪk] or ['kɑmɪk]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; 'comic hero' .
Editor: Susanna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
(a.) Causing mirth; ludicrous.
(n.) A comedian.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Droll, funny, farcical, ludicrous, laughable, diverting, sportive, humorous.
Edited by Dorothy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See LUDICROUS]
Edited by Fred
Definition
adj. relating to comedy: raising mirth: droll.—n. (coll.) an amusing person: (coll.) a comic paper.—adj. Com′ical funny: queer: ludicrous.—ns. Comical′ity Com′icalness.—adv. Com′ically.—n. Comique (kō-mēk′) a comic actor or singer.
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Examples
- Will any coach—' 'I don't mean that he thould go in the comic livery,' said Sleary. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It's like a comic opera to-day. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Yet there were some illusions under Mary's eyes which were not quite comic to her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For what did I say to myself arter having amused myself with that there stretch of a comic idea, as a sort of a playful game? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Martin gave a comic half-smile and demi-groan. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I suppose it is the fashion to sing comic songs in a rhythmic way, leaving you to fancy the tune--very much as if it were tapped on a drum? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Let it but be comic, I condition for nothing more. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I take any part you chuse to give me, so as it be comic. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Little Mr. Perker came out wonderfully, told various comic stories, and sang a serious song which was almost as funny as the anecdotes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He did not read the comic scenes well; and Caroline, taking the book out of his hand, read these parts for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Jester next struck into another carol, a sort of comic ditty, to which the Knight, catching up the tune, replied in the like manner. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not even at things which were very comic. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Neither are comic and tragic actors the same; yet all these things are but imitations. Plato. The Republic.
- They aimed only to get a laugh with a crude comic picture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Sonia