Humorous vs Genteel - What's the difference?
humorous | genteel |
Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete) Damp or watery.
(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
*, II.8:
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Polite and well-mannered.
Stylish or elegant.
Aristocratic
As adjectives the difference between humorous and genteel
is that humorous is full of humor or arousing laughter; funny while genteel is affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.humorous
English
Alternative forms
* humourous (unusual )Adjective
(en adjective)- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
- It is a melancholy humor of writing into my head.