humour

Speech parts

1. humour - Noun

2. humour - Verb

Meaning

the liquid parts of the body

the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

the quality of being funny

(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

put into a good mood

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

wit witticism comedy mood humor temper sense of humour body fluid bodily fluid wittiness sense of humor cocker hematology caprice nature
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Antonyms

attack get malice loathing nettle detestation
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Hypernyms

quality gratify content message substance feeling

Hyponyms

mot play come blood pus ECF

Phrases with the word

sense of humour out of humour out of humour with aqueous humour outflow ability to perceive humour absence of humour

Examples

Cynicism is humour in ill health. H. G. Wells

Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control. Dario Fo

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion. Kahlil Gibran

Lord when you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. Christopher Morley

Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative. Bill Bailey

Close letter words and terms

humorsome humorsomely humorsomeness humoural humoured humouredly