humorous

humorous
    adj 1: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
           "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn:
           {humorous}, {humourous}] [ant: {humorless}, {humourless},
           {unhumorous}]
    

Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
   See {Humor}.]
   1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
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            All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
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   2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
      capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
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            Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
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   3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
      humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.

   Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "humorous":
      Attic, absurd, amusing, beguiling, biting, bizarre, brilliant,
      clever, comical, delightful, diverting, droll, eccentric,
      entertaining, facetious, farcical, fun, funny, hilarious,
      humorsome, hysterical, incongruous, jesting, jocose, jocular,
      joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous,
      merry, mordant, nimble-witted, playful, pleasant, pointed,
      priceless, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical, rapier-like,
      recreational, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty,
      scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly,
      titillating, titillative, waggish, whimsical, witty