Humorous
['hjuːm(ə)rəs] or ['hjumərəs]
Definition
(adj.) full of or characterized by humor; 'humorous stories'; 'humorous cartoons'; 'in a humorous vein' .
Editor: Trudy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Moist; humid; watery.
(a.) Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
(a.) Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Facetious, jocular, jocose, droll, funny, sportive, comical, witty, pleasant.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Facetious, comical, witty, funny
ANT:Grave, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, Humorsome,[See FANCIFUL], Hunt., #N/A,[See _HOUND], Hurl,[See DARE]
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Examples
- I believe Prentice was the father of the humorous paragraph of the American newspaper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this humorous notion, all the clerks laughed in concert. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A solemn silence; Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the fat gentleman captious, and Mr. Miller timorous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My friend did not appear to be depressed by his failure, but shrugged his shoulders in half-humorous resignation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then, looking down at the cat, she resumed her old, mocking, humorous sing-song. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But now---- He shrugged his shoulders in humorous deprecation of the state of things which he had himself done so much to produce. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At this humorous feat he laughed outright. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I will, by--' But as there was a humorous expression in Wardle's face, Mr. Pickwick checked himself, and said, 'Why not? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She took this in what seemed the only possible way, with a laugh intended to sink the question itself in his humorous treatment of it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The rest of the evening passed merrily enough in humorous anticipations of my coming life with the two young ladies in Cumberland. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Its songs, orchestral and solo renditions, and its humorous monologue reproductions constitute to-day a great library of wax cylinders, regularly catalogued and sold by the thousands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- How did she like that genial, half humorous veinwhich to me gave such delight? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And Rosamond could say the right thing; for she was clever with that sort of cleverness which catches every tone except the humorous. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The easy relationship of the time is neatly sketched by Edison in a humorous complaint as to his inability to keep his own cigars: When at '65' I used to have in my desk a box of cigars. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The reddleman vented a low humorous laugh when he saw his adversary return with these. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A grimly humorous incident, as related by one of the laboratory staff, attaches to No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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