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1. humour - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): temper, mood, humor

Hypernym(s): feeling




2. humour - noun

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

Synonym(s): wit, humor, witticism, wittiness

Hypernym(s): message, content, subject_matter, substance




3. humour - noun

· (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"

Synonym(s): humor

Hypernym(s): body_substance




4. humour - noun

· the liquid parts of the body

Synonym(s): liquid_body_substance, bodily_fluid, body_fluid, humor

Hypernym(s): body_substance




5. humour - noun

· the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

Synonym(s): humor

Hypernym(s): quality




6. humour - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): humor, sense_of_humor, sense_of_humour

Hypernym(s): playfulness, fun




7. humour - verb

· put into a good mood

Synonym(s): humor

Hypernym(s): gratify, pander, indulge





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