humorous

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled humourous

US /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ UK /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ See IPA manual

Homophones

humerus /ˈhjuːməɹəs/

Freq #20800

Meanings

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adj
Funny and amusing; making people laugh.

She told a humorous story about her first day at work.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · funny and amusing; making... amusing funny witty jocular

Word family

Forms humorouslyhumorousness

Derived forms humorouslyhumorousnessnonhumoroussemihumorousunhumorous

Related forms humor humour

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Phrases (1)

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humorous vein
A manner or tone intended to amuse people.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

humorous Middle English

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