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comical
[kom-i-kuhl]
adjective
producing laughter; amusing; funny.
a comical fellow.
Obsolete., pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.
comical
/ ˈkɒmɪkəl /
adjective
causing laughter
ludicrous; laughable
Other Word Forms
- comicality noun
- comicalness noun
- comically adverb
- noncomical adjective
- noncomically adverb
- noncomicalness noun
- noncomicality noun
- quasi-comical adjective
- quasi-comically adverb
- semicomical adjective
- semicomically adverb
- uncomical adjective
- uncomically adverb
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The slang terms get muddled as the topic turns to vegetables, a fun bit of comical confusion that the writers seemed afraid to linger on.
“The Perfect Neighbor”: What begins as a vaguely comical and seemingly minor dispute between neighbors arguing about unruly children on a suburban Florida street grows increasingly tangled and, finally, violent.
The conservative uproar for Leo to stay in his religious lane is especially comical, considering that “catholic” means universal.
Many of the beasts have comical attributes: feathered elbows, parrot beaks or sail-like membranes on their heads.
In this occasionally saccharine yet blithely comical piece of rich-people-problems autofiction, Clooney is the funniest he’s been in years, taking shots at himself and the life he’s chosen with a marksman’s aim.
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