barrel of laughs
Constant comedy source
A barrel of laughs is something or someone extremely funny or entertaining.
The phrase appears most often in the negative or sarcastic: He's not exactly a barrel of laughs suggests someone is dull or humorless.
That meeting was a real barrel of laughs usually means the opposite—it was tedious or unpleasant.
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- comic timingHumor's rhythmic precision
- hilariousExtremely amusing
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
- witClever, inventive humor
stand up comedy · joke · humorous · guffaw · knee slapper · jovial · hoot · sidesplitting · crack up · amusement · merriment · riot · mirth · playfulness · break the ice · jest · jocular · happiness
barrel of laughsbore
Tiresome individual or drill
wet blanket · buzzkill · killjoy · party pooper · drag
barrel of laughsvale of tears
Life as suffering
house of horrors · nightmare · ordeal · tragedy · sob story
barrel of laughsdowner
Dispiriting experience or thing
bummer · depressing · misery · sob story · tearjerker
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