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humour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor |
| Type of | quality |
| Has types | comicality |
| Derivation | humourist, humourous |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance |
| Type of | body substance |
| Has types | waters, yellow bile, amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, choler, chyle, come, amnionic fluid, cum, ecf, ejaculate, endolymph, extracellular fluid, festering, blood serum, blood, black bile, ichor, aqueous humour, ink, intracellular fluid, juice, karyolymph, lochia, lymph, melancholy, milk, aqueous humor, perilymph, purulence, pus, sanies, secretion, seed, semen, seminal fluid, serum, spinal fluid, succus, suppuration, vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour |
humour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor |
| Type of | body substance |
humour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor, sense of humor, sense of humour |
| Type of | playfulness, fun |
| Derivation | humourist, humourous |
humour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor, wit, witticism, wittiness |
| Type of | subject matter, message, content, substance |
| Has types | bite, esprit de l'escalier, topper, bon mot, mot, cartoon, play, pungency, sketch, jest, sport, jeu d'esprit, caricature, joke, gag, fun, laugh, repartee, ribaldry, imitation, sarcasm, satire, impersonation, caustic remark, irony, jape |
| Derivation | humourist, humourous |
humour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor, mood, temper |
| Type of | feeling |
| Has types | amiability, sulkiness, sulk, peeve, distemper, ill humor, good temper, good humour, good humor, ill humour |
Examples of humour
humour
Overall a very enjoyable and informative evening injected with plenty of humour.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
Both have let their guard down to give unexpected glimpses of humour and warmth.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
During his stint, Wright displayed a calm manner, humour, patience and judgment.
From the canberratimes.com.au
It seems that when they put the socialism in, they take the sense of humour out.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Cranford had drama, humour, passion and pain but always left one feeling warmed.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
It took me years to get your humour.'She despaired at the lack of decent coffee.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He realises I have to be motivated by a sense of humour rather than an iron rod.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
There is surely a lot of humour to be had in the love lives of the over-60s too.
From the guardian.co.uk
I have a quite serious sense-of-humour failure when something like that happens.
From the independent.co.uk
- Humor: put into a good mood
- Temper: 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"
- Wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- Humor: (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"
- Liquid body substance: the liquid parts of the body
- Humor: the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
- Humor: 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"
- (humourous) humorous: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
- Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. ...
