hu·mor
hu·mor/ˈ(h)yo͞omər/
noun
- the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech."his tales are full of humor"συνώνυμα: comical aspect, comic side, funny side, comedy, funniness, hilarity, jocularity, absurdity, absurdness, ludicrousness, drollness, facetiousness, satire, irony
- a mood or state of mind."her good humor vanished"συνώνυμα: mood, temper, disposition, temperament, frame of mind, state of mind, spirits
- each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile (choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.
verb
comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.
"she was always humoring him to prevent trouble"
συνώνυμα: indulge, pander to, yield to, bow to, cater to, give way to, give in to, go along with, comply with, adapt to, accommodate, pamper, spoil, overindulge, cosset, coddle, mollycoddle, mollify, soothe, placate, gratify, satisfy
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Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from ...
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Humour is the only form of communication in which a stimulus on a high level of complexity produces a stereotyped, predictable response on the physiological ...
humour in British English · 1. the quality of being funny · 2. Also called: sense of humour · 3. situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous.
noun. , Chiefly British. humor.
The meaning of HUMOUR is chiefly British spelling of humor.
Humor, the capacity to express or perceive what's funny, is both a source of entertainment and a means of coping with difficult or awkward situations and ...
Humour or humor (Greek: Χιούμορ) is the way that some experiences can make people laugh or feel happy. Most people are able to be amused (laugh or smile at ...
humour Add to list Share · noun. the quality of being funny · noun. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
OED's earliest evidence for humour is from 1340, in Ayenbite of Inwyt. humour is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French.