as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
an inadvertently chucklesome comment sent titters through the audience
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chucklesome
Adjective
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There can be humorous, self-deprecating responses.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025 -
While on the podcast, Kiyoko also offered humorous insight into her summer proposal to fiancé Tilley, 37, in Mallorca after seven years of dating.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Anyone vaguely near the aesthetic gets christened it by fans, including Bassvictim, who were always funnier and more creative than the other modern electroclash revivalists.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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The performance is funny and manic and just the right amount of sad and desperate.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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It’s been 48 years since Three’s Company brought together three zany roommates — who weren’t supposed to be living together, according to the landlord’s rules — who charmed the world with their comedic antics.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Ingmar Bergman’s early-fifties soap commercials put daring methods—metafiction, animation, and even a 3-D parody—to comedic ends.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Arthur is known as Conkling’s hatchet man, a customs collector for the Port of New York who’s shown, in one amusing snippet, presiding over the beating of a noncompliant businessman.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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Garner is a brilliant observer and listener — every page has a surprising, sharp or amusing thought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With Bush out of town on that fateful day, Cheney was a steady presence in the White House, at least until Secret Service agents lifted him off his feet and carried him away, in a scene the vice president later described to comical effect.—
Calvin Woodward,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tottenham Hotspur were twice beaten in comical circumstances on Chelsea’s previous visits to north London.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Cosplay furthers the cause with a dazzling array of comic pop culture references, repurposed arcana, and piquant sonic signifiers from the annals of indie-rock.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
7 Nov. 2025
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Featuring Finnish actors Mari Rantasila and Mika Rättö, the film blends everyday consumer space with philosophical and comic undercurrents.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The premiere builds to an extended parody of sorts, both haunting and hysterical at once, and its black yet bubbly sense of humor only spreads from there.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh placed a hysterical 911 call to report that Maggie and Paul had been shot to death near the dog kennels on his family’s sprawling Lowcountry hunting estate.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Chucklesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chucklesome. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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