humorous Hear it!

humorous definition

hu·mor·ous (hyo̵̅o̅′mər əs, yo̵̅o̅′-)

adjective

  1. having or expressing humor; funny; amusing; comical
  2. Archaic whimsical; capricious
  3. Obsolete
    1. moist
    2. humoral

Etymology: humor + -ous; humoroussense < Fr humoreux (< L), humoroussense < L humorosus

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

humorous Synonyms

humorous

modif.

comical, comic, witty, entertaining; see funny 1, witty. See syn. study at witty.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

humorous Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • nature: My work consists of mechanical narrative pieces that are humorous in nature.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Does its best to make tough stuff humorous and the walk-through of creating an applet is really relatively painless.

Modifies a noun

  • anecdote: Lawrence of Arabia ). Between the selections of music he told several humorous anecdotes about the tribulations of being a film composer.

Modifying Another Word

  • darkly: The faded grandeur of Curzon Street Station provides an elegant backdrop to a darkly humorous work by German artist Eva Meyer Keller.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: The greeting of the angel of the Lord seems humorous in the extreme.
humorous usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"humorous." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/humorous>

APA Style

humorous. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/humorous

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment