'Humorous' definitions:
Definition of 'humorous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn: humorous, humourous] [ant: humorless, humourless, unhumorous]
Definition of 'Humorous'
From: GCIDE
- Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.]
- 1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
- Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'humorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- amusing,
- Attic,
- beguiling,
- biting,
- bizarre,
- brilliant,
- clever,
- comical,
- delightful,
- diverting,
- droll,
- eccentric,
- entertaining,
- facetious,
- farcical,
- fun,
- funny,
- hilarious,
- humorsome,
- hysterical,
- incongruous,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joking,
- joky,
- joshing,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- laughable,
- ludicrous,
- merry,
- mordant,
- nimble-witted,
- playful,
- pleasant,
- pointed,
- priceless,
- pungent,
- quaint,
- quick-witted,
- quizzical,
- rapier-like,
- recreational,
- rich,
- ridiculous,
- risible,
- salt,
- salty,
- scintillating,
- screaming,
- sharp,
- smart,
- sparkling,
- sprightly,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- waggish,
- whimsical,
- witty
Words containing 'Humorous'
- Humor,
- Humoral,
- Humoralism,
- Humored,
- Humoring,
- Humorism,
- Humorize,
- Humorously,
- Humorousness,
- Out of humor,
- Aqueous humor,
- Crystalline humor,
- Good humor,
- Humoral pathology,
- Ill humor,
- Vitreous humor,
- black humor,
- good humored,
- sense of humor,
- Good humor man,
- Good-humor,
- Good-humored,
- Good-humoredly,
- humoral immune response,
- ill-humor,
- ill-humored,
- crusty curmudgeonly gruff ill-humored ill-humoured