Comical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
comical
    adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
           steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
           fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
           "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
           writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
           so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
           antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical}, {funny},
           {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Comical \Com"ic*al\, a.
   1. Relating to comedy.
      [1913 Webster]

            They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe
            is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted
            comical.                              --Gay.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.
      "Comical adventures." --Dryden.

   Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. --
        {Com"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "comical":
      absurd, broad, burlesque, comic, droll, farcical, foolish, funny,
      impish, ludicrous, mock-heroic, ridiculous, roguish, silly,
      slapstick, sportive, tragicomic, visible, waggish

    

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