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# humorous

«humorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Funny; making people laugh or smile (a humorous story)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (humorous, more humorous, most humorous); adverb humorously

### meaning for a pupil

1) Funny; making people laugh or smile (a humorous story). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#m1)

2) Showing a sense of humour; liking to joke (a humorous person). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, humorous writing, poems and stories; a writer's humorous tone. In everyday life, humorous cards, comments and speeches. Phrases: «a humorous poem», «humorous side», «in a humorous way».

### examples

- We read a humorous poem about a lazy cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x1)
- She wrote a humorous story about her dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x2)
- The speech was humorous and short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x3)
- Grandad is very humorous; he tells jokes all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x4)
- The film has humorous moments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x5)
- He told the story in a humorous way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x6)
- The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: «humour» (UK) / «humor» (US), but the adjective is «humorous» in BOTH (no «u» after «o»). Do not confuse with «humerus» (the arm bone) — a pun gives «funny bone». Synonyms: funny, comic, amusing.

### In the corpora

- [When a word ends in -our, the u usually drops before -ous: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/5/)
- [Before -ous, -our usually loses its u: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/18/)
- ["Popped his clogs" means died; it is humorous British English.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/15/)
- ["The big sleep" means death; it is a humorous, tough-sounding phrase from crime stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/7/)
- ["Lost his marbles" means became mentally confused or went mad; it is humorous and can be unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «humorous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.