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The Meaning of droll

  • (superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
  • (n.) One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
  • (n.) Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
  • (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
  • (v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
  • (v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.

Synonyms

Whimsical , comical , odd , queer , amusing , laughable , funny , comic , fantastic , farcical.

Antonyms

Sad , lamentable , tragic , lugubrious , funereal.

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , bowl , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , control , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , hole , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shoal , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , whole , woehl , wohl