Meaning

4 senses
  1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

    The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

    humorvoll

    юмористи́ческийjumoristíčeskij, заба́вныйzabávnyj, смешно́йsmešnój

    full of or characterized by humor

  2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.

    humorvoll

  3. (obsolete)Damp or watery.

  4. (obsolete)Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. I think that Tom is humorous.

    Я думаю, що Том кумедний.

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  2. I think Tom is humorous.

    Я думаю, що Том кумедний.

    ruЯ думаю, Том забавный.

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  3. Tom is humorous.

    Том гуморний.

    deTom ist humorvoll.

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  4. He began his lecture with a humorous anecdote.

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  5. The lyrics are humorous.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
full of humor or arousing laughter; funny:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
full of humor or arousing laughter; funny:

Origin

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ou

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

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Forms

more humorous, most humorous
Comparativemore humorous Lesson
Superlativemost humorous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
witty:wittyB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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