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humour

/ˈhjuːmɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Humour means: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.

Synonyms for humour11

noun, as in a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

wit, humor, witticism, wittiness

noun, as in the liquid parts of the body

liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor

noun, as in a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

temper, mood, humor

noun, as in the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

humor, sense of humor, sense of humour

noun, as in (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

humor

noun, as in the quality of being funny

humor

verb, as in put into a good mood

humor

What does humour mean?7

noun

1

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

2

the liquid parts of the body

3

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling“whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time”

4

the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous“she didn't appreciate my humor”

5

(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”

6

the quality of being funny“I fail to see the humor in it”

verb

1

put into a good mood

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with humour?5

three syllables

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Humour in a sentence

  • In many scenes in the novel, a gentle humour is on display.sundown
  • Shirwadkar's films abound in toilet humour, such as fart jokes.sabretou
  • They both shared the same sense of humour.Nuel
  • His dark humour doesn't go down well with everyone.sundown
  • It is not always that we are in good humour.tjwhale
  • People with no humour are like meadows without flowers.Scriptor
  • Dark humour helps me get through tough times.sundown
  • He has a very dry sense of humour.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of humour

as a noun

plural
humours

as a verb

past tense
humoured
present participle
humouring
third-person singular
humours
past participle
humoured