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

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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. Fiona Hill:

   I mean, some of it was comical, but it was also, for me and for others, deeply concerning. And I actually went to our Intelligence Bureau and asked to have( redacted) sit down with him and explain that this was a counterintelligence risk, particularly giving out our personal phone numbers, all of those communications could have been exfiltrated by the Russians very easily.

2. Czech President Milos Zeman:

   I fully support the idea of a European border guard, but it seems to me to be comical if it has 1,500 members. If every single EU country sent 500 people to this, then you have 14,000 soldiers.

3. Communication Fleur Pellerin:

   I don't know who you are Michael Keaton and that is just fine, but I know you are an actor with extraordinary talent and dexterity, capable of taking on the most diverse of roles, from the most tragic to the most comical, sliding from one to the other without ever running out of breath.

4. Mark Alston:

   A lot of us know intuitively that masks in restaurants are fairly comical and mostly theater, because as soon as you sit down at the table, you have to take off your mask to eat and drink.

5. Cory Booker:

   If Cory Booker had told me back in June that we were going to miss a debate stage, I would have said, that would end the campaign, now, it's almost comical to me, to be frank.

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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
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=comical