humor
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
the faculty of perceiving what is amusing or comical: He is completely without humor.
an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous: The humor in his joke eluded the audience.
the faculty of expressing the amusing or comical: The author's humor came across better in the book than in the movie.
comical writing or talk in general; comical books, skits, plays, etc.
humors, peculiar features; oddities; quirks: humors of life.
mental disposition or temperament.
a temporary mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a bad humor today.
a capricious or freakish inclination; whim or caprice; odd trait.
(in medieval physiology) one of the four elemental fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, regarded as determining, by their relative proportions, a person's physical and mental constitution.
any animal or plant fluid, whether natural or morbid, as the blood or lymph.
to comply with the mood or desires of in order to soothe or make more content or agreeable: Children can sense when you’re just humoring them instead of taking them seriously.You've heard this a hundred times, but please humor me while I tell you again.
to adapt or accommodate oneself to.
Idioms about humor
out of humor, displeased; dissatisfied; cross: The chef is feeling out of humor again and will have to be treated carefully.
Origin of humor
1- Also especially British, humour .
synonym study For humor
Other words for humor
Opposites for humor
Other words from humor
- hu·mor·ful, adjective
- hu·mor·less, adjective
- hu·mor·less·ly, adverb
- hu·mor·less·ness, noun
- out·hu·mor, verb (used with object)
- pre·hu·mor, noun, verb (used with object)
- un·hu·mored, adjective
- well-hu·mored, adjective
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Scientific definitions for humor
[ hyōō′mər ]
One of the four fluids of the body-blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile-whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval medicine to determine general health and character.
word history
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Cultural definitions for humor
Notes for humor
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with humor
see out of sorts (humor).
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