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Meaning of "humourful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUMOURFUL

humourful  [ˈhjuːməfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUMOURFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Humourful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HUMOURFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of humourful in the English dictionary

The definition of humourful in the dictionary is funny; comical; amusing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUMOURFUL


careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
characterful
ˈkærɪktəfʊl
cheerful
ˈtʃɪəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
colourful
ˈkʌləfʊl
direful
ˈdaɪəfʊl
earful
ˈɪəfʊl
fearful
ˈfɪəfʊl
flavorful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
flavourful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
humorful
ˈhjuːməfʊl
ireful
ˈaɪəfʊl
masterful
ˈmɑːstəfʊl
pleasureful
ˈplɛʒəfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
prayerful
ˈprɛəfʊl
saucerful
ˈsɔːsəfʊl
sneerful
ˈsnɪəfʊl
tearful
ˈtɪəfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUMOURFUL

humoralism
humoralist
humorally
humoresque
humorful
humorist
humoristic
humorless
humorlessly
humorlessness
humorous
humorously
humorousness
humorsome
humour
humourless
humourlessly
humourlessness
humoursome
humoursomeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUMOURFUL

all-powerful
barful
carful
despairful
dipperful
drawerful
dropperful
jarful
odourful
pitcherful
quiverful
showerful
slumberful
superpowerful
terrorful
tumblerful
udderful
ultrapowerful
uncheerful
unfearful

Synonyms and antonyms of humourful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «humourful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUMOURFUL

Find out the translation of humourful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of humourful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «humourful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

humourful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

humourful
570 millions of speakers

English

humourful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

humourful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

humourful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

humourful
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

humourful
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

humourful
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humourful
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Humourful
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

humourful
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

humourful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

humourful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Humourful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

humourful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

humourful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनोदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

humourful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

humourful
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

humourful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

humourful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

humourful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

humourful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

humourful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

humourful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

humourful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of humourful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMOURFUL»

The term «humourful» is used very little and occupies the 159.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of humourful
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMOURFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «humourful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «humourful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about humourful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUMOURFUL»

Discover the use of humourful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to humourful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Every Happy Family
A minute later, she's back, breathing hard into the receiver. “Sorry, Jillian dear. John's dancing out on the deck. lt's very humourful. ” Is that a word, humourful? “ Would you like to go, then?” she says, not bothering to hide her frustration. “No, no.
Dede Crane, 2013
2
E2: Nine Do-it-yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your ...
Don't face reality.
Pam Grout, 2013
3
Trial-Forewords to My "Parallel-Text Edition of the ...
... than is made in those parts of the poet-professor's Essay (in his charming Study Windows of 1871) that deal with Chaucer himseli'.—Who, indeed, can understand the humourful bright soul, if the author of the Biglow Papers cannot ? ——And ...
Frederick James Furnivall, 1871
4
A Serving of Scandal
So humourful and confident. She could never have spoken about this thing without getting indignant, or tearful, or tongue-tied. But then, she thought, he's a politician. He knows who matters to his career, so of course he puts on a show for them ...
Prue Leith, 2013
5
Bennewitz, Goethe, 'Faust': German and Intercultural Stagings
The actors made natural and humourful comments on their characters and perceptions of the thematics of Faust, but said nothing with the intensity or depth of what we have just seen from Campbell. It is striking, too, that the contributions of the ...
David G. John, 2012
6
Where Texts and Children Meet
Don't you wish you'd been one of them, even if you did have to put your meat in your mouth with your fingers instead of a fork? I do. (Furnivall 1901: 13-14) It was odd, said Furnivall, that the Lambs, themselves 'such humourful folk ... who so ...
Eve Bearne, Victor Watson, 2002
7
Chaucer's Dead Body: From Corpse to Corpus
We also may get a hint as to why Furnivall focuses on the chronology of Chaucer's development in his chatty conclusion to this description of the Chaucer Society's successes: "By this work too, I have made plain, that the humourful bright time ...
Thomas Augustine Prendergast, 2004
8
Surviving In-vitro Fertilization: IVF Stories and ...
... ladies...time and time again you show me you are brilliant, compassionate, humourful women that roll with more punches that one could ever imagine. Next time one of you thinks you are all about ttc'ing... check out some of your posts on  ...
Karen Daniels, 2011
9
Reading Audiences: Young People and the Media
Within the SDT, large majorities think of Dredd as moral in his own world, certain of his beliefs, right-wing, and successful; while they think of the authors as more clearly political than Dredd, fairly moral, successful, left-wing and humourful.
David Buckingham, 1993
10
The Roses of Picardie
“Shit a bastard brick”,' pondered the Kyrios Pandelios.'Yes, ees quite funny. Also I am keen to “drain my snake” and “gobble a sheila's cherry”. You are kind and humourful man, Kyrios Jones, and will not be hurting blessed Balbo. So I will now  ...
Simon Raven, 2001

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUMOURFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term humourful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A humorous, engaging and consistently entertaining night of theatre.
Her presence more a catalyst for the varied and emotional reactions of the main characters, their frequently jocular and humourful interactions ... «ArtsHub, Jul 15»
2
Unique job opportunity at The Food Assembly
Solutions orientated and values an action-focused, collaborative and humourful workplace. Skills, Knowledge and Experience • Fluent English ... «The Voice Online, Dec 14»
3
Bernard MacLaverty: Collected Stories (Jonathan Cape)
But MacLaverty is no miserabilist; he's far too humourful to be accused of that. Human beings, he knows, are capable of great folly and even ... «Herald Scotland, Nov 13»
4
Pacific Rim Epic Storyline Minor Box Office
There is no “morphing” or cheesy humourful moments and the human protagonists aren't as pretty or likeable. It just goes to show that the ... «Guardian Express, Jul 13»
5
Setting up a gnomeland for the UK's persecuted little people, and an …
... last here was an Israeli defence force he wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of. A humourful general should assign these girls to the Gaza Strip. «Herald Scotland, Jun 13»
6
Frederic Lindsay
For such a mild-mannered, humourful and courteous man, Lindsay described violent crime with unflinching candour and Jill Rips enhanced his ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 13»
7
Interference fears for AG Barr merger
... regardless of cost, delivering its products effectively and efficiently, advertising in a "humourful way", and encouraging staff to hold shares. «Herald Scotland, Jan 13»

REFERENCE
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