humorous
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Humorous responses to rage bait, which depends on eliciting defensiveness that can be fed back into the outrage machine, robs it of oxygen.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
Humorous or quirky pool reports are by no means new.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2020
Humorous sketches of animal life elicited varying responses from the room.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2011
An original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, Humorous, comprising scenes and sketches in every Rank of Society, being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious.
From A Catalogue of Books Published by Methuen and Co., October 1909 by Methuen & Co.
Vocabulary lists containing humorous
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