HUMOROUS


Meaning of HUMOROUS in English

hu ‧ mor ‧ ous /ˈhjuːmərəs $ ˈhjuː-, ˈjuː-/ BrE AmE adjective

funny and enjoyable:

humorous stories

The film has some mildly humorous moments.

—humorously adverb

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In everyday English, people usually say something is funny rather than humorous :

He told lots of funny stories.

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THESAURUS

▪ funny making you laugh:

John told me a really funny joke.

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She’s very talented and funny.

▪ amusing especially written funny and enjoyable. Amusing is more formal than funny . It is often used when something is a little funny and makes you smile, rather than laugh:

an amusing anecdote

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He found the whole incident rather amusing.

▪ humorous intended to be funny – used about stories, films, articles etc that have situations that are a little funny:

humorous stories

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The movie is meant to be humorous.

▪ witty using words in a funny and clever way:

witty remarks

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How witty!

▪ hilarious /hɪˈleəriəs $ -ˈler-/ ( also hysterical informal ) extremely funny:

The children thought it was hilarious.

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The movie has some hilarious scenes.

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It was hysterical! You should have seen his face!

▪ comical funny in a strange or silly way – often used when something is not intended to be funny:

It was quite comical watching him trying to dance.

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her own comical attempts at painting

▪ comic [only before noun] a comic film, play, novel etc is intended to be funny:

a comic drama

▪ light-hearted done for amusement or enjoyment, and not intended to be serious:

The programme is a light-hearted look at recent political events.

▪ comedy noun [countable] a film, play, or television programme that is intended to be funny:

a comedy by Shakespeare

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She has appeared in several television comedies.

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a new comedy series on Channel 4

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.