humour
/hjˈumɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Noun
(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"
Noun
the liquid parts of the body
Noun
the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
Noun
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"
Verb
put into a good mood
Synonyms
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
liquid body substance
mood
sense of humor
sense of humour
temper
wit
witticism
wittiness
More General Terms
body substance
content
feeling
fun
gratify
indulge
message
pander
playfulness
quality
subject matter
substance
More Specific Terms
amiability
amnionic fluid
amniotic fluid
aqueous humor
aqueous humour
bite
black bile
blood
blood serum
bon mot
caricature
cartoon
caustic remark
cerebrospinal fluid
choler
chyle
come
comicality
cum
distemper
ECF
ejaculate
endolymph
esprit de l''escalier
extracellular fluid
festering
fun
gag
good humor
good humour
good temper
ichor
ill humor
ill humour
imitation
impersonation
ink
intracellular fluid
irony
jape
jest
jeu d''esprit
joke
juice
karyolymph
laugh
lochia
lymph
melancholy
milk
mot
peeve
perilymph
play
pungency
purulence
pus
repartee
ribaldry
sanies
sarcasm
satire
secretion
seed
semen
seminal fluid
serum
sketch
spinal fluid
sport
succus
sulk
sulkiness
suppuration
topper
vitreous body
vitreous humor
vitreous humour
waters
yellow bile