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comical

UK/ˈkɒmɪkəl//ˈkɑmɪkəl/

comical adjective: originally, relating to comedy.

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Adjective

comical (comparative more comical, superlative most comical)

  1. (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
    • It was a comical performance.
  2. Funny, whimsically amusing.
    • The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.
  3. Laughable; ridiculous.
    • He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!
    • Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the...2016 January 30, “Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2020, retrieved 30 Jan 2016

comical meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

comical in Tamil

நகைச்சுவையான, வேடிக்கையான

comical in Urdu

انوکھا, ہنسوڑ, نرالا, ٹھٹھول

comical in Malayalam

ഹാസ്യകരമായ, വിനോദകരം, ചിരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന

comical in Kannada

ನಗೆಯುಕ್ಕಿಸುವ, ನಗಿಸುವ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದ, ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ, ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣವಾದ
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comical in Sanskrit
हास्य hāsya

Examples of comical in a sentence

  • What ensues next is a comical soundless argument only true parents will understand.
  • Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.
  • Becker, a classic overreacher, came to grief in an almost comical way.

All 27 example sentences with comical

Synonyms of comical

Forms of comical

comparativemore comical
superlativemost comical

Origin of comical

From Middle English comicalle, from Latin cōmicus + Middle English -alle (modern -al). By surface analysis, comic + -al.

Words formed from comical

Phrases with comical

Questions about comical

What does comical mean?
Comical means originally, relating to comedy.
What is comical in Tamil?
Comical in Tamil is நகைச்சுவையான, வேடிக்கையான. See Comical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is comical?
Comical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce comical?
Comical is pronounced /ˈkɒmɪkəl/ (UK).

Words near comical in the dictionary

  1. comic strip
  2. comic strips
  3. comic timing
  4. comic-adjacent
  5. comic-bookish
  6. comical
  7. Comical Ali
  8. comicalest
  9. comicalities
  10. comicality
  11. comically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comical (page history and authors); comical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हास्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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