Definition of humorous

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of humorous is as below...

Humorous (a.) Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect..

Lern More About Humorous

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense..
Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
Nous :: Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
Prune :: Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
Bugger :: Bugger (n.) A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
Humorously :: Humorously (adv.) Capriciously; whimsically.
Versemonger :: Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Pleasantry :: Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage..
Pleasant :: Pleasant (a.) Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow..
Humorousness :: Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.
Tun :: Tun (n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt..
Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..
Tripe :: Tripe (n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
Ycleped :: Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings..
Jocose :: "Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous..
Catch :: Catch (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words..
Scherzo :: Scherzo (n.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony..
Wight :: Wight (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language..
It :: It (pron.) As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk)..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us