Definitions for comical
ˈkɒm ɪ kəlcom·i·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   arousing or provoking laughter

   "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. comicaladjective

   Originally, relating to comedy.

   It was a comical performance

2. comicaladjective

   Being funny, whimsically amusing.

   The tutor cruelly excelled in comical scoldings

3. comicaladjective

   Being laughable, ridiculous.

   What a comical error!

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Comicaladjective

   Etymology: comicus, Latin.

   1. Raising mirth; merry; diverting.

   The greatest resemblance of our author is in the familiar stile and pleasing way of relating comical adventures of that nature. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

   Something so comical in the voice and gestures, that a man can hardly forbear being pleased. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   2. Relating to comedy; befitting comedy.

   That all might appear to be knit up in a comical conclusion, the duke’s daughter was afterwards joined in marriage to the lord Lisle. John Hayward.

   They deny it to be tragical, because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. John Gay.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. comical

   Comical refers to anything that is amusing, funny, or intended to cause laughter or amusement. It can apply to a situation, person, movie, book, or other forms of expression where humor is prominently featured.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Comicaladjective

   relating to comedy

2. Comicaladjective

   exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story

How to pronounce comical?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comical in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of comical in a Sentence

1. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:

   It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems. This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry--or laugh.

2. Craig Moffett:

   Sprint used the comical tagline : We're almost as good for less money, and almost as good is, for obvious reasons, not a terribly compelling value proposition.

3. Samuel Beckett:

   Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

4. Tommy Welch:

   The billboard is kind of comical but right on; the election is a scary deal that everyone is gearing up for, i would definitely, 100 percent, positively entertain the possibility [of moving] if Hillary won.

5. Brett Healy:

   The accusation is so juvenile and ludicrous it cannot be taken seriously, if this rumor was even remotely credible, someone here in Wisconsin would have alerted the media and filed a complaint with the Elections Commission. Rural Wisconsin voters, who have a history of voting Democrat in presidential elections, decided that they had enough of the far left policies of President Obama and they took it out on Clinton. For the Democratic Party to attempt to blame their widespread defeat on an imaginary bogeyman is comical and a little sad.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=comical
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Comical
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=comical
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comical