English Dictionary
Definition of “humorous”
humorous (ˈhjuːmərəs
)
Definitions
adjective
- funny; comical; amusing
- displaying or creating humour
- archaic another word for capricious
Alternative Forms
ˈhumorously adverb ˈhumorousness noun
Synonyms
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funny,
comic,
amusing,
entertaining,
witty,
merry,
hilarious,
ludicrous,
laughable,
farcical,
whimsical,
comical,
droll,
facetious,
jocular,
side-splitting,
waggish,
jocose,
Translations
- British English:
humorous
If someone or something is humorous, they are amusing, especially in a clever or witty way.He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him.ˈhjuːmərəs ADJECTIVE He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him.
- Spanish:
humorístico
adj humorística
- French:
comique
adj
- German:
humorvoll
adj
- Chinese: 富幽默感的 adj
- Arabic: فُكَاهِيٌّ adj
- Portuguese: cómico adj cómica
- Russian: юмористический adj юмористическая
- Croatian: humorističan adj humoristična
- Czech: vtipný adj
- Danish: morsom adj
- Dutch: humoristisch adj
- Finnish: humoristinen adj
- Greek: κεφάτος adj κεφάτη
- Italian: divertente adj
- Japanese: ユーモアのある no_posp
- Korean: 유머가 풍부한 adj
- Norwegian: humoristisk adj
- Polish: humorystyczny adj humorystyczna
- Brazilian Portuguese: cômico adj cômica
- European Spanish:
humorístico
adj humorística
- Swedish: rolig adj roligt
- Thai: ตลกขบขัน adj
- Turkish: nükteli adj
- Vietnamese: hài hước adj
Usage examples
One that is becoming far too worn to be humorous any more, Tom Badgerlock,' he added warningly to me.
Robin Hobb, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)Of the Beckham boy, the Sun runs a mildly humorous book on which bonkers moniker the glitzy coupling might choose.
Megastar (2004)But the minute he stood up there, he was humorous and relaxed.
canada.com (2005)I don't get up in the morning and say'Hey, today I'm going to take a humorous picture.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The sociable, humorous , amusing qualities of Libra remedy what ails Capricorn, who is able to respond in kind, in their own style.
Michael Geary, MOON ASTROLOGY FOR LOVERS (2002)
