Droll
[drəʊl] or [drol]
Definition
(adj.) comical in an odd or whimsical manner; 'a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor' .
Edited by Angus--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
(n.) One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
(n.) Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
(v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
(v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
(v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Jester (by profession), buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, jack-pudding, merry Andrew, pickle-herring.[2]. Farce, comic show.
a. [1]. Comic, comical, funny, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, ridiculous.[2]. Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.
Checker: Yale
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Whimsical, comical, odd, queer, amusing, laughable, funny, comic, fantastic,farcical
ANT:Sad, lamentable, tragic, lugubrious, funereal
Checker: Luther
Definition
adj. odd: amusing: laughable.—n. one who excites mirth: a jester.—v.i. to practise drollery: to jest.—ns. Droll′ery; Droll′ing.—adjs. Droll′ish rather droll; Droll′y.
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is a droll little church. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That is droll! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was so droll! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- For, it may alone be worth half the sum to madame, to be freed from the suspicions that my droll idea awakens. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That is droll. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Isn't it droll that I never go out after dark, but I find myself attended, always by one scout, and often by two? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Well, it is too bad,--I won't again; but I do like to hear the droll little image stumble over those big words! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was always pleasantly droll to see Pa and Bella together; but on this present evening her husband thought her more than usually fantastic with him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is so droll! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It re'lly was droll to think on 't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- O you droll creature! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is so droll, that Samson. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Sight-seeing from morning till night, stopping for nice lunches in the gay _cafes_, and meeting with all sorts of droll adventures. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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