humour

UK /ˈhjuː.mə(ɹ)/ US /ˈhjuːmɚ/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) amusing quality/ability to find things funny

ADJ

wry

She commented on the awkward situation with wry humour that made everyone smile.

schoolboy

My dad still laughs at the same schoolboy humour he enjoyed when he was ten years old.

lavatorial

QUANT

touch

The documentary was informative, though it could have used a touch of humour to keep viewers engaged.

VERB + HUMOUR

be full of, contain

Her funny stories always contained plenty of humour that made everyone laugh.

appreciate, see

My younger brother couldn't appreciate the humour in the joke about his messy room.

PHRASES

a brand of humour

Her unique brand of humour made everyone in the office laugh during the boring meetings.

sense of humour

My friend always makes me laugh because she has such a clever sense of humour.

(noun.) mood

ADJ

good

Even after losing the game, the team's good humour kept everyone laughing in the locker room.

PHRASES

in (a) good humour

Even though we lost the game, the team stayed in good humour and laughed together afterwards.

Definitions

noun

The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.

She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.

The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.

A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.

He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.

I like not the humour of lying.

Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body, comprehended in it, for the preservation of it; and is either innate or born with us, or adventitious and acquisite.

The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much

Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

Moist vapour, moisture.

verb

To pacify by indulging.

I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the hu

humor

noun — the quality of being funny

humor

noun — the liquid parts of the body

humor

noun — (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balan

humor

noun — a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has

wit
humor
witticism
wittiness

noun — a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of

verb — put into a good mood

humor

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.

Wiktionary

The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.

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Merry VVhitefoord, farevvel! for thy ſake I admit / That a Scot may have humour, I had almoſt ſaid vvit: […]

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I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

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He has a great sense of humour.

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"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, humour is marked as archaic, obsolete, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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