humorous

humorous

marked by humor; funny, witty: She always says something humorous.

Not to be confused with:

humerus – long bone of the upper arm: She broke her humerus.

hu·mor·ous

 (hyo͞o′mər-əs)

adj.

1. Full of or characterized by humor; funny: a humorous story.

2. Employing or showing humor; witty: a humorous writer.

3. Archaic Given to moods or whims; capricious.

4. Obsolete Damp; moist.

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hu′mor·ous·ly adv.

hu′mor·ous·ness n.

humorous

(ˈhjuːmərəs)

adj

1. funny; comical; amusing

2. displaying or creating humour

3. archaic another word for capricious

ˈhumorously adv

ˈhumorousness n

hu•mor•ous

(ˈhyu mər əs; often ˈyu-)

adj.

1. characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.

2. having or showing the faculty of humor; droll; facetious: a humorous person.

[1570–80]

hu′mor•ous•ly, adv.

hu′mor•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

humorous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" humourous pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" humorless, humourless, unhumorous - lacking humor; "it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote

humorous

adjective funny, comic, amusing, entertaining, witty, merry, hilarious, ludicrous, laughable, farcical, whimsical, comical, droll, facetious, jocular, side-splitting, waggish, jocose a humorous magazine
serious, earnest, sad, grave, sober, solemn

humorous

adjective

1. Intended to excite laughter or amusement:

comedic, facetious, funny, jocose, jocular, witty.

2. Arousing laughter:

amusing, comic, comical, droll, funny, laughable, risible, zany.

Translations

فُكَاهِيٌّمَرِح، فَكِه، ظَريف

humornývtipný

morsom

heiterhumorighumoristischhumorvoll

πνευματώδης

humorístico

humoristinen

comiquehumoristique

humorističan

humoros

gamansamur, skemmtilegur

umoristicodivertente

ユーモアのある

유머가 풍부한

humoristisch

humoristiskspøkefullvittig

humorystyczny

cómicocômico

юмористический

šaljiv

rolig

ตลกขบขัน

gülünçkomiknükteli

hài hước

富于幽默的富幽默感的

humorous

[ˈhjuːmərəs] ADJ [person] → gracioso, divertido; [book, story] → divertido; [situation, idea, tone] → cómico, gracioso

humorous

[ˈhjuːmərəs] adj

[remark, book, film] → humoristique

[person] → plein(e) d'humour

humorous

adj person, speech, comment → humorvoll; book, story etc also, situation → lustig, komisch; idea, thought → witzig; smile, programme → lustig, heiter; to see the humorous side of something → die lustige or komische Seite an etw (dat) → sehen

humorous

[ˈhjuːm/ərəs] adj (person) → spiritoso/a; (book, story) → divertente, umoristico/a; (tone) → scherzoso/a

humour

(American) humor (ˈhjuːmə) noun

1. the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke. He has a great sense of humour. humor مِزاج مَرِح، ظَرافه хумор humor humor der Humor humor χιούμορhumor naljasoon شوخ طبعی huumori humour הוּמוֹר हास्यवृत्ति raspoloženje, humor humor kemampuan menyenangkan skopskyn, kímnigáfa umorismo ユーモア 유머, 익살 humoras humors rasa lucu humorhumorhumor طبیعی شوخی humor umor чувство юмора humor humor humor humor, skämtlynne อารมณ์ขัน mizah yeteneği 幽默 гумор مزاح biết đùa 幽默

2. the quality of being amusing. the humour of the situation. humor المُضْحِك في الأمْر смешна страна graça směšnost die Komik humor κωμικότητα comicidad, gracia koomika با مزه گی huvittavuus humour חוּש הוּמוֹר स्वभाव, मनोदशा zabava (zabavna situacija) komikum segi humor fyndni comicità おかしみ 유머를 이해하는 능력 juokingumas, komiškumas humors; noskaņojums humor; kelucuan het grappige humor komizm له خوند سره cómico comic юмор smiešnosť smešnost komika det komiska ความตลกขบขัน gülünçlük 有趣 гумор شگفتگی sự hài hước 诙谐，幽默感

verb

to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes. There is no point in telling him he is wrong – just humour him instead. sy/haar sin gee يُلاطِف، يُسايِر угаждам fazer a vontade vyhovět jemandem seinen Willen lassen føje πηγαίνω με τα νερά κπ. complacer, consentir (kellegi) tujusid täitma دل كسي را بدست آوردن olla jollekulle mieliksi ne pas contrarier לְרַצוֹת popuštati, ugoditi alkalmazkodik vkihez menyenangkan sÿna undanlátssemi compiacere, assecondare 調子を合わせる 비위를 맞추다 pataikauti, taikytis izdabāt; izpatikt melayan kerenah in een goed humeur brengen snakke noen etter munnen, føye udobruchać د چا زړه لاسته راوړل fazer a vontade a face pe plac ублажать vyhovieť sprijazniti se (s kom), pokaditi (komu) ugoditi blidka, göra ngn till viljes ประจบ suyuna gitmek, nazını çekmek 遷就 потурати кому کسی کو خوش کرنے کے لیے جھوٹا دکھاوا làm vừa lòng 迁就

ˈhumorist noun

a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc. humoris, grapmaker كاتِب هَزْلي хуморист humorista humorista der/die Humorist/in humorist ευθυμογράφος, κωμικόςhumorista humorist بذله گو humoristi humoriste מַצחִיקַן विनोदी, मजाकिया humorist humorista humoris gamansamur maður, grínisti umorista ユーモア作家 유머 작가 humoristas humorists penulis satira lucu humoristhumoristhumorysta ټوکمار humorista umorist юморист humorista, komik humorist humorista humorist, skämtare นักเล่าเรื่องตลก mizah yazarı 幽默作家 гуморист; жартівник ظریف، مسخرا người hài hước 幽默作家

ˈhumorous adjective

funny; amusing. a humorous situation/remark. humoristies مَرِح، فَكِه، ظَريف хумористичен humorístico humorný heiter morsom αστείος, κωμικόςhumorístico lõbus مضحك humoristinen humoristiqueקומי विनोदी šaljiv humoros lucu gamansamur, skemmtilegur umoristico こっけいな 익살스러운 juokingas humoristisks; smieklīgs lucu humoristischmorsom, vittig, spøkefullśmieszny, ucieszny ټوکی humorístico comic забавный humorný, žartovný šaljiv humorističan humoristisk น่าตลกขบขัน gülünç, komik 幽默風趣的 гумористичний; комічний مزاحیہ hài hước 富于幽默的

ˈhumorously adverb

grappenderwys بِمَرَح، بِفُكاهَه хумористично humoristicamente humorně heiter morsomt αστεία, χιουμοριστικά con humor lõbusalt بطور شوخي آميز humoristisesti avec humour בְּהוּמוֹר विनोद से šaljivo humorosan dengan humor skemmtilega con umorismo こっけいに 익살맞게 juokingai smieklīgi dengan lucu humoristischmorsomt, for spøk humorystycznie د شوخی په ډول humoristicamente cu umor забавно; с юмором humorne šaljivo humoristično humoristiskt อย่างติดตลก mizah yollu, nükteli bir şekilde 幽默風趣地 комічно ظرافت کے ساتھ một cách hài hước 幽默地

ˈhumorousness noun

grappigheid فكاهَه، ظَرافَه комичност jocosidade komičnost die Komik morsomhed κωμικότητα humor, comicidad, jocosidad lõbusus شوخي آميز humoristisuus humour הוּמוֹר विनोद šaljivost, humor humor(osság) kelucuan fyndni, gamansemi comicità こっけいなこと 유머가 풍부함 juokingumas smieklīgums kelucuan humorvol munterhet, spøkefullhet śnieszność شوخی او ټوکی jocosidade umor забавность; комизм komickosť šaljivost humorističnost humor, humoristisk läggning ความตลกขบขัน güldürücülük, nüktelilik 幽默風趣 комічність ظرافت tính hài hước 富于幽默

-humoured

having, or showing, feelings or a personality of a particular sort. a good-humoured person; an ill-humoured remark. gehumeurd ذو مِزاجٍ -хумор de (bom, etc) humor s ... náladou -gelaunt humørfyldt; humør- -διάθετος (ως β΄ συνθ.), που έχει μια συγκεκριμένη διάθεση de (...) humor -tujuline خلق -tuulinen de (...) humeur בְּמַצַב רוּחַ कथित प्रकार की मस्तिक स्थिति वाला raspoložen természetű; kedvű mengenai perasaan skapgóður/-stirður di (...) umore －きげんの 기분이 …한 -širdis -garastāvokļa-; -noskaņojuma- perangai -gehumeurd med ... humør w ... humorze, pełen ... humoru خلق de (bom, etc) humor cu... dis­poziţie нрав s ... náladou ki je (...) volje -humora med ... humör (läggning), -lynt มีอารมณ์ขันเช่นนั้นเช่นนี้ ... huylu 有...脾氣的(如:脾氣好/壞脾氣的人)，心情...的 з якимсь характером, настроєм کسی قسم کا مزاج ہونا thuộc hài hước 脾气...的（后缀）

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humour, noun, ends in -our.
humorous, adjective, drops the u.

humorous

→ فُكَاهِيٌّ vtipný morsom humorvoll πνευματώδης humorístico humoristinen comique humorističan divertente ユーモアのある 유머가 풍부한 humoristisch humoristisk humorystyczny cómico, cômico юмористический rolig ตลกขบขัน nükteli hài hước 富幽默感的