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drollery

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Synonyms and Antonyms of drollery

1 something said or done to cause laughter

the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings

Synonyms of drollery

boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, jest, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or yuck) [slang]

Words Related to drollery

funning, joking, wisecracking

knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper

antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick

burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff

banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee

drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness

comedy, humor, wit, wordplay

2 the amusing quality or element in something

though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery

Synonyms of drollery

comedy, comic, comicality, drollness, funniness, hilariousness, humor, humorousness, richness, uproariousness

Words Related to drollery

amusement, enjoyment, fun, pleasure

absurdity, irony, laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness

whimsicality, wittiness, wryness

burlesque, caricature, farce, jest, lampoon, parody, satire, slapstick, spoof, takeoff

jocularity, jokiness, playfulness, waggishness

Near Antonyms of drollery

agony, anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, sorrow, torment, torture, tribulation, woe

gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness, somberness

Antonyms of drollery

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