be comic

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

Used to describe something or someone as having the quality of being funny or amusing.

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Examples (10)

  • Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.
  • His attempts to fix the leaky faucet were almost comic.
  • The film's ending is darkly comic, leaving the audience unsettled.
  • Without intending to, the politician's serious speech was unintentionally comic.
  • The situation would have been comic if the consequences hadn't been so severe.
  • There is a fine line between a character being tragic and being comic.
  • The play promises to be wonderfully comic, with a star-studded cast.
  • Her exaggerated facial expressions were what made the performance so comic.
  • It's amazing how he can be so comic without saying a single word.
  • What is truly comic about the whole affair is the sheer absurdity of it all.