humour

/'hju:mə/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The quality of being amusing or comical: "humour" refers to the quality that makes something funny or laughable.
    • The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing or comical: "humour" can also mean a person's capacity to find things funny or to be funny themselves.
    • A state of mind or mood: "humour" can refer to a temporary or habitual emotional state or disposition.
    • (Historical/Medical) A bodily fluid: In medieval physiology, "humour" referred to one of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile) thought to determine a person's health and temperament.

  2. Verb:

    • To comply with the wishes or mood of someone; to indulge: "humour" means to adapt one's actions to please or pacify another person, often by accepting their temporary mood or whim.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Quality of being funny):
    • The humour of the situation was lost on him. (He did not understand why the situation was funny.)
    • She has a dry sense of humour. (Her style of comedy is subtle and understated.)
  • Noun (Mood):
    • He is in a terrible humour today. (He is in a very bad mood today.)
    • Success put him in a good humour. (Being successful improved his mood.)
  • Verb:
    • Just humour him for now; he'll calm down soon. (Just go along with his wishes for the moment to keep him calm.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Sense of humour": the ability to appreciate or create humour.
    • A good sense of humour is an attractive quality.
  • "Gallows humour": a type of humour that makes fun of a very serious or dangerous situation.
    • The firefighters used gallows humour to cope with the stress of their job.
  • "To be out of humour": to be in a bad mood or irritable.
    • She's been out of humour all morning.
Variants and Related Words
  • Humorous (adj): funny, amusing.
    • He told a humorous anecdote.
  • Humourless (adj): lacking humour; overly serious.
    • A humourless interpretation of the rules.
  • Humoral (adj): relating to bodily fluids, especially in historical medical contexts.
    • The ancient humoral theory of medicine.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Amusement): comedy, wit, funniness, jocularity.
  • Noun (Mood): temper, disposition, frame of mind, spirit.
  • Verb: indulge, accommodate, gratify, go along with.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Humour" is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. Its verbal use is typically transitive.)

Related Idioms
  • "As a humour": (archaic) in accordance with one's mood or inclination.
  • "To have no sense of humour": to be unable to appreciate jokes or comedy.
    • He took the joke seriously; he has no sense of humour.
Noun
  1. 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
  2. the quality of being funny
    • I fail to see the humor in it
  3. the liquid parts of the body
  4. (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
  5. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  6. 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
  1. put into a good mood

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