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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.
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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.
hu′mor·ous·ly adv.
hu′mor·ous·ness n.
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humorous
(ˈhjuːmərəs) ˈhumorously adv
ˈhumorousness n
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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.
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Adj. | 1. | humorous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" 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 |
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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
serious, earnest, sad, grave, sober, solemn
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Translations
فُكَاهِيٌّمَرِح، فَكِه، ظَريف
humornývtipný
morsom
humoristinen
humorističan
humoros
gamansamur, skemmtilegur
ユーモアのある
유머가 풍부한
šaljiv
rolig
ตลกขบขัน
hài hước
humorous
[ˈhjuːmərəs] ADJ [person] → gracioso, divertido; [book, story] → divertido; [situation, idea, tone] → cómico, graciosoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
humorous
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
humorous
[ˈhjuːm/ərəs] adj (person) → spiritoso/a; (book, story) → divertente, umoristico/a; (tone) → scherzoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
humour
(American) humor (ˈhjuːmə) noun1. the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke. He has a great sense of humour.
2. the quality of being amusing. the humour of the situation.
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.
ˈhumorist noun a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc.
ˈhumorous adjective funny; amusing. a humorous situation/remark.
ˈhumorously adverbˈhumorousness noun
-humoured
having, or showing, feelings or a personality of a particular sort. a good-humoured person; an ill-humoured remark.
humour, noun, ends in -our.
humorous, adjective, drops the u.
humorous, adjective, drops the u.
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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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009