droll
Amusing in understatement
Droll describes a kind of humor that's quietly amusing rather than laugh-out-loud funny—whimsical, oddly witty, or amusingly strange.
A droll remark catches you off guard with its dry cleverness: He had a droll way of observing that the meeting could have been an email.
The word suggests wry understatement rather than broad comedy.
Causing light laughter
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
- comicalCausing laughter
- humorousCausing amusement or laughter
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
diverting · laughable · risible · mirthful · jocular · playful · lighthearted · chucklesome
Cleverly humorous
- cleverShowing mental quickness
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- ironicExpressing contrary meaning
- satiricalMocking through exaggeration
wry · dry · laconic · pithy · sharp · incisive · epigrammatic · bon mot
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
oddball · peculiar · idiosyncratic · unconventional · curious · deadpan · wry · understated
amusing
Causing light laughter
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
- comicalCausing laughter
- humorousCausing amusement or laughter
funny · diverting · laughable · risible · mirthful · jocular · playful · lighthearted · chucklesome · tickling
witty
Cleverly humorous
satirical · wry · dry · laconic · pithy · sharp · incisive · epigrammatic · bon mot · quip
whimsical
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
eccentric · oddball · peculiar · idiosyncratic · unconventional · curious · deadpan · wry · understated · tongue-in-cheek
odd
Unusual or not even
bizarre · outlandish · unusual · queer · rum · eccentric · singular · anomalous · unexpected · incongruous
- funnyfunny, comical, hilarious, humorous, amusing
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- humor typessatire, parody, sarcasm, irony, banter
- West Country Folklorepixies, spriggans, knocker, knockers, giant
drollslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
broad · hammy · over-the-top · farcical · buffoonish