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droll

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of droll

causing or intended to cause laughter

made a droll comment about the commencement speaker's penchant for clichés

Synonyms of droll

antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious

Words Related to droll

amusing, diverting, entertaining

clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany

facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery

jocular, playful, waggish

campy, jokey (also joky)

priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry

blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful

Near Antonyms of droll

earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty

affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical)

lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woeful

Antonyms of droll

humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

droll

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of droll

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor

the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans

Synonyms of droll

card, comedian, comic, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, wag, wit

Words Related to droll

comedienne, entertainer

banterer, cutup, kidder, knockabout, practical joker, prankster, quipper, quipster, teaser, wisecracker

buffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, zany

caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist

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