humour (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: temper , mood , humor ]

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

    [ Syn: wit , humor , witticism , wittiness ]

  3. (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

    [ Syn: humor ]

  4. the liquid parts of the body

    [ Syn: liquid body substance , bodily fluid , body fluid , humor ]

  5. the quality of being funny; I fail to see the humor in it

    [ Syn: humor ]

  6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; she didnt appreciate my humor; you cant survive in the army without a sense of humor

    [ Syn: humor , sense of humor , sense of humour ]

    humour (v.)

  1. put into a good mood

    [ Syn: humor ]

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