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| anecdote |
a brief account of a notable or humorous incident. |
| bawdy |
coarsely or indecently humorous; risqué. [1/3 definitions] |
| cartoon |
a drawing or series of drawings, usu. with written or spoken commentary or dialogue, and usu. humorous or satirical in nature; caricature; comic strip. [1/5 definitions] |
| cheeky |
impertinent or insolent, sometimes in a teasing or humorous way; disrespectful; impudent. |
| comedian |
a professional entertainer who specializes in telling jokes, acting in humorous skits, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| comic opera |
an opera or operetta, usu. humorous, with some spoken dialogue, and a happy ending. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| dry |
humorous in an ironic or sarcastic way. [1/14 definitions] |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| farcical |
light and humorous in composition, as a performance. [1/2 definitions] |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| gallows humor |
morbidly humorous treatment of a serious or frightening situation. |
| hoax |
an act of deception, esp. a humorous or mischievous trick. [1/3 definitions] |
| jest |
a humorous utterance or action; joke. [3/6 definitions] |
| jocose |
funny; humorous. [1/2 definitions] |
| jocular |
intended to be humorous; facetious. [1/2 definitions] |
| jokingly |
in a humorous manner. |
| levity |
a lack of seriousness; light, humorous, or foolish behavior or attitude. |
| limerick |
a humorous poem that has five lines, with the first two lines rhyming with the last, and the third and fourth forming a separately rhymed couplet. |
| low comedy |
comedy that is based on bawdy jokes, humorous situations, or physical action such as horseplay and slapstick; burlesque; farce. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, esp. by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate, as in "waddling in self-pity," rather than "wallowing". |
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