unhumorous

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adjective

Not humorous.

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laughlessnonhumorousfunny as a dose of the clapjokelesshumorlessirrisiblemirthlessunhilarious
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Meanings

adjectiveunhumorous (comparative more unhumorous, superlative most unhumorous)

comparative more unhumorous · superlative most unhumorous · alternative unhumourous

  1. Not humorous.

    Mr. Williams is not an unhumorous newsman, though he usually plays one on TV. As an anchor, he has steadfastly submerged his inner comic.

    2007 November 3, Bill Carter, “Live From New York, Its Not Quite the News!”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: laughless, nonhumorous, funny as a dose of the clap, jokeless, humorless, irrisible, laughless, mirthless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot humorous.

Similar
laughlessnonhumorousfunny as a dose of the clapjokelesshumorlessirrisiblelaughlessmirthlessnonhumorousunhilariousunhystericalunjocoseunjocularunlaughableunmirthful

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking humor

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humorlesshumourlesssobersidedpo-facedunfunny
Also see
agelasticfunny as a dose of the claphumorlessirrisiblejokeprooflaughlessnonfunnynonhumorouspo-facedsobersidedunamusedunamusinguncomicuncomicalunfunnyunhilariousunhystericalunjocoseunjocularunlaughable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + humorous.

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APA

unhumorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhumorous

MLA

“unhumorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhumorous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhumorous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhumorous.

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