humorous
/ˈhjuːməɹəs/US/ˈhjuːməɹəs/
humorous adjective: full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
Adjective
humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)
- Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
- Showing humor; witty, jocular.
- Damp or watery.
- Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
- [S]uch is now the Duke's condition
That he misconstrues all that you have done.
The Duke is humorous; what he is, indeed,
More suits you to conceive than I to speak of.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - It is a melancholy humor[…]that firſt put this humorous conceipt [translating resverie] of writing into my head.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the affection of fathers to their children”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 212
- [S]uch is now the Duke's condition
humorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
humorous in Hindi
- हास्यमय
humorous in Tamil
- நகைச்சுவையான
humorous in Marathi
- full of humor or arousing laughter; funny
- मजेशीर majeśīr, विनोदी vinodī
humorous in Urdu
- humorous
- شوخی śoxī
More languagesFewer languages
- humorous in Bengali
- কৌতুকপূর্ণ, হাস্যোদ্রেককর, রসাত্মক
- humorous in Telugu
- హాస్యభరితమైనది, హాస్యభరితం
- humorous in Malayalam
- ഫലിതമയമായ, രസകരമായ, ഹാസ്യരസോദ്ദീപകമായ, ചിരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
- humorous in Kannada
- ನಗಿಸುವ
- humorous in Punjabi
- ਮਸਖ਼ਰਾ masxarā, ਜ਼ਰੀਫ਼ zarīf
- humorous in Odia
- ହାସ୍ଯ଼ରସାତ୍ମକ
- humorous in Nepali
- हास्यमय, हास्यपूर्ण
- humorous in Tagalog
- mabalantong, nakatatawa
- humorous in Indonesian
- kelakar
Examples of humorous in a sentence
- The president's quick and humorous replies gave his speech great quotability.
- The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.
- In the 70's a humorous deity is still considered impossible, ridiculous and blasphemous.
Synonyms of humorous
Forms of humorous
| comparative | more humorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most humorous |
Origin of humorous
From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.
Words formed from humorous
Questions about humorous
- What does humorous mean?
- Humorous means full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- What is humorous in Hindi?
- Humorous in Hindi is हास्यमय. See Humorous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is humorous?
- Humorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce humorous?
- Humorous is pronounced /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ (UK).
Words near humorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humorous (page history and authors); humorous (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شوخی (Urdu) (page history and authors); humorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humorous (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humorous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); humorous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਰੀਫ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); humorous (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humorous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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