mindmap root((幽默)) witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind and often a caustic tongue: a film critic remembered for his ~ reviews. humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity: laced her lectures with ~ anecdotes. facetious stress a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying clumsy, dubious, or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor: ~ comments that were not appreciated at the funeral. jocular implies a usually habitual, often temperamental fondness for jesting and joking: a ~ fellow whose humor often brightened spirits. jocose suggests habitual waggishness or playfulness that is often clumsy and inappropriate: the dim-witted took his ~ proposals seriously.