From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Comical \Com"ic*al\, adjective
They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. --Gay.
2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. ''Comical adventures.'' --Dryden.
Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. -- {Com"ic*al*ly}, adverb -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {funny}, {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "comical": absurd, broad, burlesque, comic, droll, farcical, foolish, funny, impish, ludicrous, mock-heroic, ridiculous, roguish, silly, slapstick, sportive, tragicomic, visible, waggish
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