humorousness
- noun
- /ˈhjuːmərəsnəs/
- The comedian's humorousness kept the audience laughing throughout the show.
Examples
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Her ability to find humorousness in everyday situations makes her a joy to be around.
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The book is filled with humorousness that appeals to both children and adults.
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Even in flying by, one sees flashes of fantastic gargoyle-like resemblances to persons one has known, caricatured into impossible contortions, as if by some medieval humorousness.
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Synonyms
The ability to make people laugh
A strong feeling of amusement that makes people laugh
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
A thing that makes people laugh
How much people laugh at something
A quality that makes people laugh
The ability to make quick clever remarks that make people laugh
A habit of making playful jokes about serious things
A quiet, slightly mocking kind of humor
The quality of being very funny and making people laugh a lot
To joke and be playful in a friendly way that makes people smile
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people smile
Being amusing in a slightly odd and unexpected way
A feeling of joyful laughter that spreads to others
Antonyms
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Humorousness comes from the old word humor, which first meant a 'liquid' in the body and then a person's 'mood'. Because people once thought these body liquids changed how you behaved, humor later came to mean 'funny', so humorousness is the quality of being funny or having a playful mood.