humorous
[adjective]
Synonyms: funny, amusing, comic, comical, droll, entertaining, jocular, playful, waggish, witty

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hu‧mor‧ous /ˈhjuːmərəs $ ˈhjuː-, ˈjuː-/ adjective
funny and enjoyable:
humorous stories
The film has some mildly humorous moments.
—humorously adverb

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In everyday English, people usually say something is funny rather than humorous:
He told lots of funny stories.

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humorous
adj.
VERBS be, look, sound | become | find sth
ADV. extremely, very | mildly, quite, slightly She has written her description of him in a mildly humorous vein.
delightfully The film is delightfullly humorous in the best traditions of romantic comedy.
darkly

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funny making you laugh:
John told me a really funny joke.
She’s very talented and funny.
amusing especially written funny and enjoyable. Amusing is more formal than funny. It is often used when something is a little funny and makes you smile, rather than laugh:
an amusing anecdote
He found the whole incident rather amusing.
humorous intended to be funny – used about stories, films, articles etc that have situations that are a little funny:
humorous stories
The movie is meant to be humorous.
witty using words in a funny and clever way:
witty remarks
How witty!
hilarious /hɪˈleəriəs $ -ˈler-/ (also hysterical informal) extremely funny:
The children thought it was hilarious.
The movie has some hilarious scenes.
It was hysterical! You should have seen his face!
comical funny in a strange or silly way – often used when something is not intended to be funny:
It was quite comical watching him trying to dance.
her own comical attempts at painting
comic [only before noun] a comic film, play, novel etc is intended to be funny:
a comic drama
light-hearted done for amusement or enjoyment, and not intended to be serious:
The programme is a light-hearted look at recent political events.
comedy noun [countable] a film, play, or television programme that is intended to be funny:
a comedy by Shakespeare
She has appeared in several television comedies.
a new comedy series on Channel 4

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