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humour
hu·mour H0322900 (hyo͞o′mər)n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of humor.humour (ˈhjuːmə) or humorn1. the quality of being funny2. Also called: sense of humour the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous3. situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous4. a. a state of mind; temper; moodb. (in combination): ill humour; good humour. 5. temperament or disposition6. a caprice or whim7. (Physiology) any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour8. (Physiology) archaic Also called: cardinal humour any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition9. out of humour in a bad moodvb (tr) 10. to attempt to gratify; indulge: he humoured the boy's whims. 11. to adapt oneself to: to humour someone's fantasies. [C14: from Latin humor liquid; related to Latin ūmēre to be wet, Old Norse vökr moist, Greek hugros wet] ˈhumourful, ˈhumorful adj ˈhumourless, ˈhumorless adj ˈhumourlessness, ˈhumorlessness nhu•mor (ˈhyu mər; often ˈyu-)
n. 1. a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement. 2. the faculty of perceiving and expressing or appreciating what is amusing or comical: a writer with humor and zest. 3. an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous. 4. comical writing or talk in general; comical books, skits, plays, etc. 5. mental disposition or temperament. 6. a temporary mood or frame of mind: in a sulky humor today. 7. a capricious or freakish inclination; whim or caprice; odd trait. 8. any animal or plant fluid, esp. one of the body fluids once regarded as determining a person's constitution: blood, phlegm, black bile, or yellow bile. v.t. 9. to comply with the humor or mood of in order to soothe, cheer up, etc.: to humor a child. 10. to adapt or accommodate oneself to: I'll humor your whim for now. Idioms: out of humor, dissatisfied; cross. Also, esp. Brit., humour. [1300–50; Middle English (h)umour < Anglo-French < Latin (h)ūmor moisture, bodily fluid =(h)ūm(ēre) to be wet (compare humid) + -ōr- -or1] hu′mor•less, adj. hu′mor•less•ly, adv. hu′mor•less•ness, n. syn: humor, wit refer to an ability to perceive and express a sense of the clever or amusing. humor consists principally in the recognition and expression of incongruities or peculiarities present in a situation or character. It is frequently used to illustrate some fundamental absurdity in human nature or conduct, and is generally thought of as a kindly trait: a genial and mellow type of humor. wit is a purely intellectual, often spontaneous, manifestation of cleverness and quickness in discovering analogies between things really unlike, and expressing them in brief, diverting, and often sharp observations: biting wit. humour
Past participle: humoured
Gerund: humouring
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| I humour | | you humour | | he/she/it humours | | we humour | | you humour | | they humour |
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| I humoured | | you humoured | | he/she/it humoured | | we humoured | | you humoured | | they humoured |
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| I am humouring | | you are humouring | | he/she/it is humouring | | we are humouring | | you are humouring | | they are humouring |
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| I have humoured | | you have humoured | | he/she/it has humoured | | we have humoured | | you have humoured | | they have humoured |
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| I was humouring | | you were humouring | | he/she/it was humouring | | we were humouring | | you were humouring | | they were humouring |
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| I had humoured | | you had humoured | | he/she/it had humoured | | we had humoured | | you had humoured | | they had humoured |
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| I will humour | | you will humour | | he/she/it will humour | | we will humour | | you will humour | | they will humour |
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| I will have humoured | | you will have humoured | | he/she/it will have humoured | | we will have humoured | | you will have humoured | | they will have humoured |
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| I will be humouring | | you will be humouring | | he/she/it will be humouring | | we will be humouring | | you will be humouring | | they will be humouring |
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| I have been humouring | | you have been humouring | | he/she/it has been humouring | | we have been humouring | | you have been humouring | | they have been humouring |
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| I will have been humouring | | you will have been humouring | | he/she/it will have been humouring | | we will have been humouring | | you will have been humouring | | they will have been humouring |
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| I had been humouring | | you had been humouring | | he/she/it had been humouring | | we had been humouring | | you had been humouring | | they had been humouring |
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| I would humour | | you would humour | | he/she/it would humour | | we would humour | | you would humour | | they would humour |
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| I would have humoured | | you would have humoured | | he/she/it would have humoured | | we would have humoured | | you would have humoured | | they would have humoured |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  humour - 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"mood, temper, humorfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"peeve - an annoyed or irritated moodsulk, sulkiness - a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk"amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper - a cheerful and agreeable moodill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable mood | | 2. |  humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughterhumor, wit, witticism, wittinesssubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is aboutjeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writingbon mot, mot - a clever remarkesprit de l'escalier - a witty remark that occurs to you too latepungency, bite - wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire - witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swiftrepartee - adroitness and cleverness in replygag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effectcartoon, sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazinefun, sport, play - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"ribaldry - ribald humortopper - an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone beforelibation - (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverageroaster - a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" | | 3. | humour - (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"humorbody substance - the substance of the bodyphysiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismsantiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in EuropeDark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | | 4. | humour - the liquid parts of the bodybodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humorbody substance - the substance of the bodyaqueous humor, aqueous humour - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lensvitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour - the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeballendolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner earperilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner earECF, extracellular fluid - liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid"intracellular fluid - liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes)succus, juice - any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices"karyolymph - a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersedmilk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their youngamnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, waters - the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion; "before a woman gives birth her waters break"blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"blood serum, serum - an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulateschyle - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fatslymph - a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vesselscome, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid, seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tractink - dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopodssecretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cellblack bile, melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholyyellow bile, choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and angerlochia - substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirthsanies, suppuration, festering, ichor, purulence, pus - a fluid product of inflammationcerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid - clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord | | 5. | humour - the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"humorquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearecomicality - the quality of being comical | | 6. | humour - 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"sense of humor, sense of humour, humorplayfulness, fun - a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" | | Verb | 1. | humour - put into a good moodhumorpander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to |
humournoun1. comedy, funniness, fun, amusement, funny side, jocularity, facetiousness, ludicrousness, drollery, comical aspect She couldn't ignore the humour of the situation.
comedy grief, gravity, sadness, sorrow, seriousness, melancholy, sobriety, solemnity2. mood, spirits, temper, disposition, frame of mind Could that have been the source of his good humour?3. joking, jokes, comedy, wit, gags (informal), farce, jesting, jests, wisecracks (informal), witticisms, wittiness The film has lots of adult humour.verb1. indulge, accommodate, go along with, spoil, flatter, pamper, gratify, pander to, mollify, cosset, fawn on Most of the time he humoured her for an easy life.
indulge oppose, stand up to, aggravateQuotations
"Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain" [Edward De Bono]
"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding" [Agnes Repplier In Pursuit of Laughter]
"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven" [Mark Twain Following the Equator]
"There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor" [H.L. Mencken A Mencken Chrestomathy]
"There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them" [Robert Benchley What Does It Mean?]Bodily humours black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegmTranslationshumour (American) humor (ˈhjuːmə) noun1. the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke. He has a great sense of humour. 幽默 幽默2. the quality of being amusing. the humour of the situation. 有趣 诙谐，幽默感 verb to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes. There is no point in telling him he is wrong – just humour him instead. 遷就 迁就ˈhumorist noun a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc. 幽默作家 幽默作家ˈhumorous adjective funny; amusing. a humorous situation/remark. 幽默風趣的 富于幽默的ˈhumorously adverb 幽默風趣地 幽默地ˈhumorousness noun 幽默風趣 富于幽默-humoured having, or showing, feelings or a personality of a particular sort. a good-humoured person; an ill-humoured remark. 有...脾氣的(如:脾氣好/壞脾氣的人)，心情...的 脾气...的（后缀）
humour, noun, ends in -our.
humorous, adjective, drops the u. humour
out of humourIn an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; not feeling well or in good spirits. Primarily heard in UK. I think something is bugging John because he's been rather out of humour lately. After living in Gibraltar for so long, these awful London winters leave me feeling me out of humour.See also: humour, of, outbe put out of humourold fashioned To be put in an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; to be made to feel unwell, displeased, or in poor spirits. Primarily heard in UK. I must say, I was put quite out of humor to have been reprimanded like that in front of my colleagues. My wife is always being put out of humour by the cold weather in this part of the country.See also: humour, of, out, putfeel out of humourTo be in an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; to feel unwell, displeased, or in poor spirits. Primarily heard in UK. I think something is bugging John because it seems like he's been feeling rather out of humour lately. I think you should get to bed earlier because you always wake up feeling so out of humour in the morning.See also: feel, humour, of, outbe out of humourTo be in an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; to feel unwell, displeased, or in poor spirits. Primarily heard in UK. I think something is bugging John because he's been rather out of humour lately. I think you should get to bed earlier because you're always so out of humour in the morning.See also: humour, of, output (someone) out of humourold fashioned To put someone in an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; to make someone feel unwell, displeased, or in poor spirits. Primarily heard in UK. Having lived in Gibraltar for most of my life, where the weather remains temperate throughout the year, I must say that these awful London winters put me quite out of humour. It always puts me out of humour to think about the state of our country's political system for too long.See also: humour, of, out, putgallows humorHumor that aims to make grim subjects, like death, funny or comical. (A "gallows" is the wooden frame from which criminals were traditionally hanged.) A: "Why would he say a morbid thing like that?" B: "Oh, that's just how Uncle Ned is—he's prone to gallows humor."See also: humorschoolboy humorImmature humor. Guys, enough with the schoolboy humor. Let's try to act like adults, please.See also: humor, schoolboysense of humor1. An ability to enjoy or say things that are funny. My dad had an amazing sense of humor. He'd always have us in stitches whenever he started telling one of his stories! I was just joking, for crying out loud! Don't you have a sense of humor?2. The part of one's personality that determines what specifically one considers to be funny or appreciates as humorous. I've got a pretty weird sense of humor, so bizarre comedies like these are right up my alley. Slapstick has never really fit with my sense of humor.See also: humor, of, sensesense of humorthe ability to appreciate good humor and jokes; the ability to create jokes and say funny things. Does he have a sense of humor? He looks like he has never laughed in his life.See also: humor, of, sensegallows humorGrim ironical humor about a serious subject. The term dates from the late 1800s and alludes to joking about being taken to the gallows and hanged. When President Barack Obama was asked why he laughed when talking about the bad state of the world economy, he replied, with a laugh, “There’s gotta be a little gallows humor to get you through the day” (Sixty Minutes, March 22, 2009).See also: humorhumour
humour (US), humor1. any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour 2. Archaic any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition humour amusement, laughter, and the like created by the paradoxical, ironic outcomes of social situations, language, and the portrayal of these in literature, art and the theatre. Although humour is a universal feature of human societies and a diverse literature exists (not least the work of Freud), the treatment of humour, has been only fragmentary within sociology, despite its importance in social life. See M. Mulkay, On Humour (1988).humour
humour A fluid or gel-like substance.hu·mor (hyū'mŏr) [TA] 1. Any clear fluid or semifluid hyaline anatomic substance. 2. One of the elemental body fluids that were the basis of the physiologic and pathologic teachings of the hippocratic school: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
Synonym(s): humour. [L. correctly, umor, liquid]humour The possession of, or the capacity to perceive, those things which excite laughter or the desire to laugh. Humour is one of the more mysterious characteristics of the human being and its nature has been endlessly argued. We laugh when we are painlessly surprised; when we perceive foolishness or qualities to which we consider ourselves superior; when we see the pompous deflated, the powerful threatened or the consciously superior mocked. Theories abound, none of them entirely convincing. Humour is, however, a valuable human attribute and its absence is a personality defect.humour any body fluid, particularly those in front of, and behind, the lens of the eye, the AQUEOUS HUMOUR and VITREOUS HUMOUR.hu·mor (hyū'mŏr) [TA] 1. Any clear fluid or semifluid hyaline anatomic substance. 2. One of the elemental body fluids that were the basis of the physiologic and pathologic teachings of the hippocratic school: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
See also: humoral doctrine
Synonym(s): humour. [L. correctly, umor, liquid]humour
Synonyms for humournoun comedySynonyms- comedy
- funniness
- fun
- amusement
- funny side
- jocularity
- facetiousness
- ludicrousness
- drollery
- comical aspect
Antonyms- grief
- gravity
- sadness
- sorrow
- seriousness
- melancholy
- sobriety
- solemnity
noun moodSynonyms- mood
- spirits
- temper
- disposition
- frame of mind
noun jokingSynonyms- joking
- jokes
- comedy
- wit
- gags
- farce
- jesting
- jests
- wisecracks
- witticisms
- wittiness
verb indulgeSynonyms- indulge
- accommodate
- go along with
- spoil
- flatter
- pamper
- gratify
- pander to
- mollify
- cosset
- fawn on
Antonyms- oppose
- stand up to
- aggravate
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