comical

Originally, relating to comedy.

Adjective

  1. Originally, relating to comedy.
    • It was a comical performance.
  2. Funny, whimsically amusing.
    • The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.
  3. Laughable; ridiculous.
    • He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!
    • Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that...

Origin

From Middle English comicalle, from Latin cōmicus + Middle English -alle (modern -al). By surface analysis, comic + -al.

Forms

more comical most comical

Synonyms

comic comedial comedic

Related

comic

Derived

comicality comically comicalness heroicomical semicomical uncomical