comic comical funny laughable risible — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comic, comical — There was a comic side to the tragedy (Times). Something that is comic is intended to be funny. Something that is comical is funny whether or not that was the intention. Since tragedies are never intentionally amusing, the word wanted here… … Dictionary of troublesome word
comical — comic, comical These two words overlap in meaning, but comic is the more common of the two and is the only one with the purely descriptive meaning ‘relating to or in the nature of comedy’, as in comic actor and comic opera. Comical is a more… … Modern English usage
comic — comic, comical These two words overlap in meaning, but comic is the more common of the two and is the only one with the purely descriptive meaning ‘relating to or in the nature of comedy’, as in comic actor and comic opera. Comical is a more… … Modern English usage
comical — comic [n] funny person, often professional banana*, buffoon*, card*, clown, comedian, droll, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, life of the party*, million laughs*, quipster, stand up comic, stooge*, top banana*, wag*, wit*; concepts 352,423 Ant … New thesaurus
comic — [n] funny person, often professional banana*, buffoon*, card*, clown, comedian, droll, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, life of the party*, million laughs*, quipster, stand up comic, stooge*, top banana*, wag*, wit*; concepts 352,423 Ant.… … New thesaurus
Comic Con India — Status Active Venue Dilli Haat Location New Delhi … Wikipedia
Comic book archive — file Filename extension .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7 (containers) Internet media type application/x cbr Type of format Multimedia, archive file Container for Images Standar … Wikipedia
Comic Book Archive — Расширение .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7 MIME application/x cbr Расширен из RAR, ZIP, 7z, TAR, ACE Формат файла Comic Book Archive (или ComicBook Reader) формат файла архива с изображениями (обычно сканированные страницы комиксов), упакованных в… … Википедия
comic — (adj.) late 14c., of comedy in the dramatic sense, from L. comicus, from Gk. komikos of or pertaining to comedy, from komos (see COMEDY (Cf. comedy)). Meaning intentionally funny first recorded 1791, and comedic (1630s) has since picked up the… … Etymology dictionary
