comical

[ kom-i-kuh l ]

/ ˈkɒm ɪ kəl /

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adjective

producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.

Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.

Origin of comical

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at comic, -al¹

synonym study for comical

1. See amusing.

OTHER WORDS FROM comical

com·i·cal·i·ty, com·i·cal·ness, noun com·i·cal·ly, adverb non·com·i·cal, adjective non·com·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·com·i·cal·ness, noun non·com·i·cal·i·ty, noun qua·si-com·i·cal, adjective qua·si-com·i·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·com·i·cal, adjective sem·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverb un·com·i·cal, adjective un·com·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH comical

comedic comic comical

Words nearby comical

comic book, comic opera, comic relief, comic strip, comic-opera, comical, comice, comines, cominform, coming, coming and going, have someone

Example sentences from the Web for comical

“Adelie penguins are the most lovable, rollicking, comical kind,” the story read.

Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life |Asawin Suebsaeng |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Initially, I only was aware of George as a musician and artist, along with his comical side.

When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More |Gary Wright |September 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The soldier launches into a comical strut and pretends to polish his guard box with his knuckles.

Hunt To Identify Pirouetting 'Bearskin' Guardsman Who Shamed Army |Tom Sykes |September 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His comical antics come to an end once the guard retreats to his box after giving his fellow guardsman a thumbs-up.

Hunt To Identify Pirouetting 'Bearskin' Guardsman Who Shamed Army |Tom Sykes |September 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The charts now featured the likes of Limp Bizkit, a rap-metal band whose misogyny was so overt as to be comical.

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The antelope kid, with a comical yawn, came and stood between them.

The Song of the Wolf |Frank Mayer
The most absurd faces, with sprigs of flowers stuck in the oddest fashion in their comical and childish heads!

Madame Chrysantheme |Pierre Loti
The little professor, most comical of all, resembled nothing so much as the cub of an Arctic bear.

Off on a Comet |Jules Verne
What a sense of comical responsibility and mischief there is in his face, the quintessence, so to speak, of puppydom.

Giotto |Harry Quilter
The contradiction between what is prophesied and what happens is at times so marked as to be comical.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany |Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for comical

comical

/ (ˈkɒmɪkəl) /

adjective

causing laughter

ludicrous; laughable

Derived forms of comical

comically, adverb comicalness, noun

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comical

adjective

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synonym study for comical

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Example sentences from the Web for comical

British Dictionary definitions for comical

adjective

Derived forms of comical

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comical

adjective

Origin of comical

synonym study for comical

OTHER WORDS FROM comical

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Words nearby comical

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