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Crossword-Solution: DROLL 5 letters, 142 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

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

We have 142 clues for the answer “DROLL”

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"His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") 1 answer
Amusing in an odd way 1 answer
Amusing and strange. 1 answer
Amusing in a quaint way. 1 answer
Amusingly odd 1 answer
Amusingly unusual 1 answer
Drily funny 1 answer
Dry, like Nash's humor 1 answer
Full of wry humor 1 answer
Funny dame getting red (5) 1 answer
Funny-weird 1 answer
Humorously odd. 1 answer
Like Bob Newhart 1 answer
Like Nash's humor 1 answer
Like Nash's verse 1 answer
Like Ogden Nash's verse 1 answer
Like Parker's wit 1 answer
Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas" 1 answer
Like a wag 1 answer
Like some "Monty Python" humor 1 answer
Like wags 1 answer
Not laugh-out-loud funny, perhaps 1 answer
Oddly humorous 1 answer
Quaintly amusing 1 answer
Quaintly comic. 1 answer
Quaintly funny. 1 answer
Quaintly humorous. 1 answer
Strangely amusing 1 answer
Whimsical and amusing 1 answer
Whimsically amusing 1 answer
Whimsically funny 1 answer
Whimsically humorous 1 answer
Whimsically witty 1 answer
Wry and dry 1 answer
Wry sense of humor 1 answer
Wryly comical 1 answer
À la Nash 1 answer
Odd and funny 2 answers
Dryly amusing 2 answers
Dryly funny 2 answers
Dryly humorous 2 answers
Dryly witty 2 answers
Like Dorothy Parker's humor 2 answers
Oddly amusing 2 answers
Oddly funny 2 answers
Whimsically comical 2 answers
Wryly amusing 3 answers
Wryly humorous 3 answers
Diverting. 5 answers
Jocose 9 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DROLL (5)

Archie looked closely at the red-headed young man for the first time, and met his lively brown eyes, full of a droll, confiding sort of humor.
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992
Then it struck him as a very funny thing for Jack to come to life, especially as the expression on his pumpkin face was so droll and comical it excited laughter on the instant.
The Marvellous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum 1993
Caldwell—there had been something about him that had made the girl like him from the first; he had talked so entertainingly of the places he had seen—the peoples and their customs—the wild beasts; and he had always had a droll way of drawing striking comparisons between savage animals and civilized men that showed a considerable knowledge of the former, and a keen, though somewhat cynical, estimate of the latter.
The Return of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Irene curved her pretty chin in comment upon her father's incorrigibility, and Penelope made a droll mouth, but the Colonel remained serenely content with his finesse.
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 2008
Oftener than once her coming had interrupted the droll story with which Robert was entertaining some amused group of married women.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Kate Chopin 1994

Quotes with DROLL (3)

Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to wait for reinforcements. I can do it myself.' How'd that work out for you again?
Sherrilyn Kenyon No Mercy
…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.
Louisa May Alcott Little Men
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 150 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).