drollery
Amusing deadpan humor
Drollery is humor that's whimsical, dry, or amusingly odd.
The word suggests wit delivered with a straight face or quirky charm rather than outright comedy: His drollery kept the dinner party entertained.
A drollery can also be a comic picture or carving, especially the playful grotesques found in medieval manuscript margins.
Cleverly humorous
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- jocularInclined to jest
- facetiousHumorously inappropriate or glib
- waggishHumorously mischievous in manner
amusing · comical · mirthful · lighthearted · jesting · quips · banter · wordplay
Satirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
caricature · spoof · travesty · send-up · pastiche · sardonic · sarcasm · ridicule
Distorted, bizarre figure
- capriccioFreeform lively composition
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- sketchHasty informal drawing
vignette · ornament · marginalia · gargoyle · arabesque · fantasia · rococo · baroque
Playful, capricious quality
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- prankishFond of tricks
sportive · antic · caprice · elfin · roguish · knavish · gamesome · puckish
witty
Cleverly humorous
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- jocularInclined to jest
- facetiousHumorously inappropriate or glib
waggish · amusing · comical · mirthful · lighthearted · jesting · quips · banter · wordplay · cleverness
parody
Satirical imitation
burlesque · caricature · spoof · travesty · send-up · pastiche · sardonic · sarcasm · ridicule · raillery
grotesque
Distorted, bizarre figure
- capriccioFreeform lively composition
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
sketch · vignette · ornament · marginalia · gargoyle · arabesque · fantasia · rococo · baroque · whimsy
whimsy
Playful, capricious quality
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
prankish · sportive · antic · caprice · elfin · roguish · knavish · gamesome · puckish · jaunty
buffoonery
Ludicrous or silly conduct
- clowningPlayful comic behavior
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- shtickPerformer's signature gimmick
antics · jest · gag · pratfall · tomfoolery · foolery · vaudeville · commedia · comedian · jester
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- witwit, witticism, quip, cleverness, repartee
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- illuminationillumination, illuminated manuscripts, illuminators, historiated initials, miniature
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
drolleryseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · earnestness · soberness · solemnness
drolleryslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
buffoonery · broad comedy · farce · clowning · physical comedy