humorous

English

Alternative forms

• humourous (unusual)

Etymology

From humour +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hyo͞o'mərəs, IPA: /ˈhjuːməɹəs/, X-SAMPA: "hju:m@r\@s/
• Homophone: humerus

Adjective

humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)

1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

   The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
3. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
4. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
   • 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:

     It is a melancholy humor [...] that first put this humorous conceipt [transl. resverie] of writing into my head.

Synonyms

• (arousing laughter): amusing, funny
• (witty): amusing, jocular, witty
• See also Wikisaurus:funny
• See also Wikisaurus:witty

Related terms

• humor/humour

Derived terms

• humorously

Translations

full of humor or arousing laughter; funny

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幽默 (cmn) (yōumò)

• Czech: vtipný (cs)
• French: humoristique (fr), amusant (fr)
• German: humorvoll (de)

• Irish: greannmhar (ga)
• Japanese: ユーモラス (ja) (yūmorasu), こっけい (ja) (kokkei), ユーモアのある (ja) (yūmoa no aru)
• Russian: юмористический (ru) (jumoristíčeskij), забавный (ru) (zabávnyj), смешной (ru) (smešnój)

showing humor; witty, jocular

• German: humorvoll (de)