From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; {jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking}; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; {killing, sidesplitting}] Also See:
{pleasing}.
Syn: humorous.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humourous
adj 1: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
"humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn:
{humorous}, {humourous}] [ant: {humorless}, {humourless},
{unhumorous}]
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