humour

[humour]

Put into a good mood

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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"

Noun
the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

Noun
the liquid parts of the body

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
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

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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"

Verb
put into a good mood


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Usage Examples

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

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Other Usage Examples

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.

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