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humour

/ humour /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
"she didn''t appreciate my humor"
"you can''t survive in the army without a sense of humor"
Type of:
playfulness fun
noun Sense 2
the quality of being funny
"I fail to see the humor in it"
Type of:
quality
noun Sense 3
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
"the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
Type of:
body substance
Domain:
physiology Middle Ages Dark Ages
verb Sense 4
put into a good mood
Type of:
gratify pander indulge
Derived:
temper mood humor indulgence indulging
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 5
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Type of:
message content subject matter
Kinds of:
jeu d'esprit bon mot mot pungency bite
noun Sense 6
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"
"he was in a bad humor"
Type of:
feeling
Kinds of:
sulk sulkiness good humor good humour good temper
Derived:
humor
noun Sense 7
the liquid parts of the body
Type of:
body substance
Kinds of:
aqueous humor aqueous humour vitreous humor vitreous humour vitreous body
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
3
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playfulness fun quality body substance gratify pander indulge message content subject matter jeu d'esprit bon mot