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adjectiveproducing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow. Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy. Origin of comicallate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at comic, -al1 synonym study for comical1. See amusing. OTHER WORDS FROM comicalcom·i·cal·i·ty, com·i·cal·ness, nouncom·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·com·i·cal, adjectivenon·com·i·cal·ly, adverb non·com·i·cal·ness, nounnon·com·i·cal·i·ty, nounqua·si-com·i·cal, adjectivequa·si-com·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·com·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverbun·com·i·cal, adjectiveun·com·i·cal·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH comicalcomedic, comic, comical Words nearby comicalcomfort woman, comfort zone, comfrey, comfy, comic, comical, comic book, Comice, comic opera, comic relief, comic strip Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 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. Beyoncé Is Our Indigo Girl: The Halcyon '90s and Feminism's Resurgence in Pop Music|Amanda Marcotte|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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. 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
adjectivecausing laughter ludicrous; laughable Derived forms of comicalcomically, adverbcomicalness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to comicalwhimsical, funny, farcical, humorous, ludicrous, wacky, entertaining, goofy, silly, absurd, ridiculous, ironic, laughable, comic, batty, camp, dizzy, droll, facetious, flaky |