Thesaurus: droll

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1. superl. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
2. n. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
3. n. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
4. v. i. To jest; to play the buffoon.
5. v. t. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
6. v. t. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
7. adj. comical in an odd or whimsical manner
8. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn. -- Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. 1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior. 2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like. To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.] 1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole. Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. L'Estrange. 2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells.
9. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;amusing and strange.
10. j:100 s. comical in an odd or whimsical manner