comical
pronunciation
How to pronounce comical in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmɪkl]
How to pronounce comical in American English:
US [ˈkɑmɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- arousing or provoking laughter
Word Origin
- comical (adj.)
- early 15c., "comic," from comic (or Latin comicus) + -al (1). Meaning "funny" is from 1680s. Earlier Middle English had an identical word meaning "epileptic," from Latin morbus comitialis "epilepsy."
Antonym
Example
- 1. It wasn 't as comical as I would have liked .
- 2. He looked highly comical wearing that tiny hat .
- 3. The whole thing is , on the one hand , comical .
- 4. Mr sloan tethers his story to a weird reality , striking a comical balance between eccentric and normal .
- 5. I 'm more interested in the ducks , with their self-entitlement and comical behinds , and in the children feeding them .