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comical adjective [ ˈkɒmɪk(ə)l ]

• amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way.
• "a series of comical misunderstandings"
Similar: funny, comic, humorous, droll, chucklesome, witty, waggish, facetious, light-hearted, jocular, hilarious, hysterically funny, amusing, diverting, entertaining, jokey, wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling, killing, killingly funny, priceless, a scream, a hoot, a laugh, a card, a caution, sportive, jocose, silly, absurd, ridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous, farcical, preposterous, foolish, bizarre, weird, strange, freakish, queer, odd, peculiar, curious, zany, freaky, crazy, off the wall, wacko, rum, derisible,
Opposite: sensible, normal,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to or in the style of comedy’): from Latin comicus (see comic) + -al.


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