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Another word for humorous

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Adjective

  1. Intended to excite laughter or amusement

    See also:

    laughter

  2. Arousing laughter

    See also:

    laughter

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Another word for humorous

Modifier
  1. See also:

    witty

    witty

    funny

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Sentence Examples

  • He has a humorous and poetic side, too.

  • Earle's chief title to remembrance is his witty and humorous work entitled Microcosmographie, or a Peece of the World discovered, in Essayes and Characters, which throws light on the manners of the time.

  • The humorous proverb, ei Piensa mat y acertards?

  • 1826), whose travesties of the old romantic stories,' and his Aristophanic drama Gandreil51n (" The Magic Ride ") about contemporary events, are among the best satirical and humorous productions of Icelandic literature.

  • It is preceded by a prologue, and followed by a humorous epilogue, in Latin adapted to subjects of the moment.

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