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comic definition

comic (käm′ik)

adjective

  1. of, like, or having to do with comedy
  2. amusing or intended to be amusing; humorous; funny
  3. of comic strips or cartoons

Etymology: ME comice < L comicus < Gr kōmikos < kōmos, revel

noun

  1. a comedian
  2. the humorous element in art or life
  3. ☆
    1. comic strip or comic book
    2. a section of comic strips, as in a newspaper

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comic Synonyms

comic

modif.

funny, ridiculous, humorous, ironic; see funny 1. See syn. study at funny.


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comic Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • read: If someone were to say to me: " Why are you still reading comics at your age?

Adjective modifier

  • stand-up: The stand-up comic was one of five wealthy clients targeted.

Modifies a noun

  • strip: The first volume, covering 165 pages will feature the first five Doctor Who Weekly comic strips drawn by Dave Gibbons.

Modifying Another Word

  • darkly: Fine writes about a serious subject with a deftness of touch that is at times darkly comic.

Noun used with modifier

  • superhero: Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns might have been called parodic superhero comics: attempts to infiltrate some reality and see what happens.
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comic quotes

I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for.

-Townsend, Sue

Why does one never hear of government funding for the preservation and encouragement of comic strips, girlie magazines and TV soap operas? Because these genres still hold the audience they were created to amuse and instruct.

-Updike,John Hoyer

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