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hu·mour
(hyo͞o′mər)n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of humor.
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humour
(ˈhjuːmə) orhumor
n
1. the quality of being funny
2. Also called: sense of humour the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous
3. situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous
4.
a. a state of mind; temper; mood
b. (in combination): ill humour; good humour.
5. temperament or disposition
6. a caprice or whim
7. (Physiology) any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour
8. (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 disposition
9. out of humour in a bad mood
vb (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 n
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hu•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.
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humour
Past participle: humoured
Gerund: humouring
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| 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"feeling - 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 mood |
| 2. |  humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughterjeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writing esprit de l'escalier - a witty remark that occurs to you too late pungency, 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 Swift repartee - adroitness and cleverness in reply gag, 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 effect fun, 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 humor topper - an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before libation - (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage roaster - 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" body substance - the substance of the body physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | |
| 4. | humour - the liquid parts of the body body substance - the substance of the body aqueous humor, aqueous humour - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour - the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball endolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear perilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear ECF, 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) karyolymph - a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed milk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young amnionic 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 coagulates chyle - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats lymph - a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels come, seminal fluid, seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract ink - dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell black bile, melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy yellow bile, choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger lochia - substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth cerebrospinal 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" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare comicality - 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" playfulness, 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 mood |
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humour
noun
1. 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, solemnity
comedy grief, gravity, sadness, sorrow, seriousness, melancholy, sobriety, solemnity
2. mood, spirits, temper, disposition, frame of mind Could that have been the source of his good humour?
verb
1. 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, aggravate
indulge oppose, stand up to, aggravate
Quotations
"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?]
"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, phlegmCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
المُضْحِك في الأمْردُعَابَةٌمِزاج مَرِح، ظَرافهيُلاطِف، يُسايِر
угаждам
humorsměšnostvyhovět
humorføje
huumori
humor
humorkomikumtestnedvvicckedv
fyndniskopskyn, kímnigáfasÿna undanlátssemi
ユーモア
유머
humorashumoristasjuokingumastaikytis
humorsizdabātizpatiktnoskaņojums
humor
humor
อารมณ์ขัน
gülünçlükmizahmizah yeteneğinazını çekmeksuyuna gitmek
sự hài hước
humour
humor (US) [ˈhjuːməʳ]A. N
1. (= amusingness) (gen) → humor m; [of book, situation] → gracia f
sense of humour → sentido m del humor
to have a sense of humour → tener sentido del humor
I see no humour in that → no le veo la gracia a eso
sense of humour → sentido m del humor
to have a sense of humour → tener sentido del humor
I see no humour in that → no le veo la gracia a eso
2. (= mood) → humor m
to be in a good/bad humour → estar de buen/mal humor
they were in no humour for fighting → no estaban de humor para pelear
to be out of humour → estar de mal humor
to be in a good/bad humour → estar de buen/mal humor
they were in no humour for fighting → no estaban de humor para pelear
to be out of humour → estar de mal humor
3. (Med) → humor m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
humour
[ˈhjuːmər] humor (US) vt [+ person] → faire plaisir à
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
humour
, (US) humorn
→ Humor m; a sense of humour (→ Sinn m → für) → Humor m; their own inimitable brand of humour → ihre eigene unnachahmliche Art von Humor; a story full of humour → eine humorvolle Geschichte; I don’t see the humour in that → ich finde das gar nicht komisch; there was little room for humour → es war nicht die Zeit für Witze
(= mood) → Stimmung f, → Laune f; to be in a good humour → in guter Stimmung sein, gute Laune haben; with good humour → gut gelaunt; to be out of humour, to be in a bad humour → schlechte Laune haben, schlecht gelaunt sein
(old Med) → Körpersaft m
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humour
humor (Am) [ˈhjuːməʳ]1. n
a. (comic sense) → umorismo; (of situation) → lato divertente or umoristico
sense of humour → senso dell'umorismo
sense of humour → senso dell'umorismo
2. vt (person) → accontentare, compiacere; (sb's whims) → assecondare
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humour
(American) humor (ˈhjuːmə) noun1. the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke. He has a great sense of humour.
2. the quality of being amusing. the humour of the situation.
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.
ˈhumorist noun a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc.
ˈhumorous adjective funny; amusing. a humorous situation/remark.
ˈhumorously adverbˈhumorousness noun
-humoured
having, or showing, feelings or a personality of a particular sort. a good-humoured person; an ill-humoured remark.
humour, noun, ends in -our.
humorous, adjective, drops the u.
humorous, adjective, drops the u.
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humour
→ دُعَابَةٌ humor humor Humor χιούμορ humor huumori humour humor umorismo ユーモア 유머 humor humor humor humor юмор humor อารมณ์ขัน mizah sự hài hước 幽默Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009