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noun
US spelling of humour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
US spelling of humour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: playfulness, fun
noun
the quality of being funny
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: comicality
noun
the liquid parts of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body substance
Narrower terms: aqueous humor, aqueous humour, vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous body, endolymph, perilymph, extracellular fluid, ECF, intracellular fluid, juice, succus, karyolymph, milk, amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid, waters, blood, serum, blood serum, chyle, lymph, semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come, ink, secretion, black bile, melancholy, yellow bile, choler, lochia, pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering, spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
noun
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body substance
noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: wit, humour, witticism, wittiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: jeu d'esprit, bon mot, mot, esprit de l'escalier, pungency, bite, sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark, repartee, joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape, caricature, imitation, impersonation, cartoon, sketch, fun, play, sport, ribaldry, topper
noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: temper, mood, humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: peeve, sulk, sulkiness, good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability, ill humor, ill humour, distemper
verb
put into a good mood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: humour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gratify, pander, indulge
History
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