 humour |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the quality of being funny | |
| Synonyms: | humor | |
| Examples: | "I fail to see the humor in it" |
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| Related terms: | quality | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed (in ancient and medieval physiology) to determine your emotional and physical state | |
| Synonyms: | humor | |
| Examples: | "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" |
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| Related terms: | liquid_body_substance body_substance blood yellow_bile black_bile phlegm middle_ages antiquity physiology | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | |
| Synonyms: | wit humor wittiness witticism | |
| Related terms: | message joke sarcasm fun cartoon ribaldry repartee bon_mot jeu_d'esprit topper caricature bite roaster libation | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | |
| Synonyms: | mood humor temper | |
| Examples: | "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time" "he was in a bad humor" |
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| Related terms: | feeling good_humor sulk ill_humor humor | |
| 5. | [ verb ] put into a good mood | |
| Synonyms: | humor | |
| Related terms: | gratify temper | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (biology) the liquid parts of the body | |
| Synonyms: | bodily_fluid body_fluid humor liquid_body_substance | |
| Related terms: | body_substance blood serum blood_serum secretion milk phlegm spinal_fluid chyle endolymph semen lymph juice ink amniotic_fluid pus yellow_bile humor black_bile perilymph ecf intracellular_fluid karyolymph lochia vitreous_humor aqueous_humor | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | |
| Synonyms: | humor sense_of_humor sense_of_humour | |
| Examples: | "she didn't appreciate my humor" "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" |
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| Related terms: | playfulness | |
| Similar spelling: |
humor hummer |
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