comic
/ˈkɒmɪk/adjective
उच्चारण कॉमिक
हास्यपूर्ण, मज़ेदार, हँसाने वाला
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as antonym
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that makes you laugh; funny
हास्यपूर्ण, मज़ेदार, हँसाने वाला
- a comic performance
- His attempts to cook were almost comic.
- The play has several comic scenes that made the children giggle.
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- He told the story with comic timing.
- The situation was serious, but there was something comic about it.
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[only before noun]
connected with comedy as a form of entertainment
हास्य-संबंधी (मनोरंजन की विधा)
- a comic actor
- comic opera
- Charlie Chaplin was a famous comic actor.
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- She prefers comic roles to serious ones.
- The festival features a comic poet from Lucknow.
Synonyms comedic
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a person who tells jokes to make people laugh; a comedian
हास्य कलाकार, मसखरा
- a stand-up comic
- The comic had the audience laughing for a full hour.
- The comic walked on stage and the hall fell silent in expectation.
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- Several young comics perform at the open-mic night in Mumbai.
- Everyone loves the comic who does impressions of cricketers.
Synonyms comedian comedienne joker wit clown
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[C]
a magazine, especially for children, that tells stories through pictures
कॉमिक्स, चित्रकथा
- The children were reading Chacha Chaudhary comics.
- He saved his pocket money to buy a new comic every Sunday.
- Tinkle comics were my favourite when I was ten.
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- Pranav keeps a stack of old comics under his bed.
- The library has a shelf of comics for young readers.
Synonyms comic book comic strip graphic novel
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
comic (adjective) vs comical
Comic means connected with comedy or meant to amuse; comical means funny in an odd or unintended way.
'Comic' का अर्थ हास्य से जुड़ा या हँसाने के लिए है; 'comical' का अर्थ अजीब या अनजाने में हास्यास्पद है।
- He wrote a comic play about office life.
- The tiny hat on the big man looked comical.
a comic (countable noun)
As a noun it is either a comedian or a magazine of picture stories; context shows which.
संज्ञा के रूप में यह या तो हास्य कलाकार है या चित्रकथाओं की पत्रिका; अर्थ संदर्भ से समझ आता है।
- The comic had the whole hall laughing.
- He read a comic under the blanket.
comic strip / comic book / comic relief
These fixed compounds are common: a comic strip in a paper, a comic book, and comic relief in a serious story.
ये स्थिर compounds आम हैं: अख़बार में comic strip, comic book, और गंभीर कथा में हँसी का अंश comic relief।
- The servant's jokes gave comic relief in the tragedy.
comic effect / for comic effect
Use for comic effect when something is done on purpose to make people laugh.
जब कोई बात जान-बूझकर हँसाने के लिए की जाए, तब 'for comic effect' प्रयोग होता है।
- He fell off the chair for comic effect.
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comic + noun
stripbookrelieftimingactor
- His comic timing made the scene work.
adjective + comic
stand-upgiftednaturalbrilliantfamous
- She is a gifted stand-up comic from Pune.
verb + comic
readdrawcollectwriteswap
- Children swap comics after school.
comic + element
effectgeniusversesidetouch
- The film has a rich comic side.
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- The play has several comic scenes between the two brothers.
नाटक में दोनों भाइयों के बीच कई हास्य दृश्य हैं।
- Radhika loved reading Amar Chitra Katha comics in summer.
राधिका को गर्मियों में अमर चित्र कथा की कॉमिक्स पढ़ना पसंद था।
- The comic on stage mimicked a famous politician.
मंच पर हास्य कलाकार ने एक प्रसिद्ध नेता की नकल उतारी।
- The minister's comic mispronunciation went viral.
मंत्री का हास्यास्पद उच्चारण वायरल हो गया।
- He has a gift for comic verse.
उसमें हास्य कविता लिखने की प्रतिभा है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The comic strips is my favourite part of the newspaper.
✓ The comic strips are my favourite part of the newspaper.
Strips is plural and takes are.
'Strips' बहुवचन है और इसके साथ 'are' आता है।
✗ I read comic every night before sleeping.
✓ I read comics every night before sleeping.
The magazine sense is countable, so a general statement needs the plural comics.
पत्रिका वाले अर्थ में यह गणनीय है, इसलिए सामान्य कथन में बहुवचन 'comics' चाहिए।
✗ I like to read comics because it is funny.
✓ I like to read comics because they are funny.
Comics is plural, so the pronoun and verb must be they and are.
'Comics' बहुवचन है, इसलिए pronoun 'they' और verb 'are' आनी चाहिए।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
com·ic
With one m (not 'commic'); the noun comedy, the person a comedian.
एक m ('commic' गलत है); noun comedy, व्यक्ति comedian।
?Which word?
comic or comical?
Comic means intended to be funny: 'a comic actor', 'a comic novel'. Comical means funny in a way that was not intended, often slightly ridiculous: 'He looked comical in his father's coat.' Comic relief is a funny scene that relieves tension in a serious play.
Comic का अर्थ 'मज़ेदार होने के इरादे से' है: 'a comic actor', 'a comic novel'। Comical का अर्थ 'अनजाने में मज़ेदार', प्रायः थोड़ा हास्यास्पद, है: 'He looked comical in his father's coat'। Comic relief गंभीर नाटक में तनाव कम करने वाला मज़ेदार दृश्य है।
The comic/comical pair is a usage item.
Comic और comical की जोड़ी usage में आती है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Literature: comic relief (the porter scene in Macbeth); comedy versus tragedy; a comedy of errors (a situation full of funny mistakes).
साहित्य में comic relief (Macbeth में porter का दृश्य); comedy बनाम tragedy; a comedy of errors (मज़ेदार गलतियों से भरी स्थिति)।