n. an event that causes someone to die

n. the act of terminating a life

adj. very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

adj. having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people

n. animal hunted or caught for food

n. the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

n. the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

n. the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

n. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"

adj. requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

adj. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

adj. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

adj. cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

adj. characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor"

adj. like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"

adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

adj. amusing in an odd or whimsical manner; deliberately waggish

adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

adj. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"

adj. wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley

adj. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"

adj. characterized by jokes and good humor

adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

adj. having a mixture of serious with the comic with comic predominating; "a seriocomic novel"

adj. having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad

adj. causing debilitation

n. euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

adj. imparting strength and vitality; "the invigorating mountain air"