Meaning of COMICAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâmikul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" |
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| | Synonyms: | | amusing, comic, funny, humorous, humourous, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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| | Definition: | | \Com"ic*al\, a.
1. Relating to comedy.
They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe
is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted
comical. --Gay.
2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.
``Comical adventures.'' --Dryden.
Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. --
{Com"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | absurd, broad, burlesque, comic, droll, farcical, foolish, funny, impish, ludicrous, mock-heroic, ridiculous, roguish, silly, slapstick, sportive, tragicomic, visible, waggish |
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