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 Definitions of Humor  [ˈhyu mər; often ˈyu-]  

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Definition of 'Humor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) humor
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.

2.  humor
the faculty of perceiving and expressing or appreciating what is amusing or comical:
a writer with humor and zest.

3.  humor
an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous.

4.  humor
comical writing or talk in general; comical books, skits, plays, etc.

5.  humor
mental disposition or temperament.

6.  humor
a temporary mood or frame of mind:
in a sulky humor today.

7.  humor
a capricious or freakish inclination; whim or caprice; odd trait.

8.  humor
any animal or plant fluid, esp. one of the body fluids once regarded as determining a person's constitution: blood, phlegm, black bile, or yellow bile.

9. (v.t.) humor
to comply with the humor or mood of in order to soothe, cheer up, etc.:
to humor a child.

10.  humor
to adapt or accommodate oneself to:
I'll humor your whim for now.


Definition of 'Humor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2. (noun) humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
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"

3. (noun) temper, mood, humor, humour
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"

4. (noun) humor, humour
the quality of being funny
"I fail to see the humor in it"

5. (noun) humor, humour
(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. (verb) liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
the liquid parts of the body

7. (verb) humor, humour
put into a good mood


Definition of 'Humor' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) humor
a quality that makes people laugh
There is a lot of humor in the book.

2.  humor
***sense of humor
sb's ability to be funny or understand what is funny
She's very nice, but she has no sense of humor.


Definition of 'Humor' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Humor
moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc

2. (noun) Humor
a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin

3. (noun) Humor
state of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor

4. (noun) Humor
changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims

5. (noun) Humor
that quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness

6. (verb) Humor
to comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind

7. (verb) Humor
to help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please


Definitions of 'Humor' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Humor
The tabasco sauce that gives life a flavor.


Definition of 'Humor' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Humor
Works consisting of jokes and facetiae relating to a subject.



'Humor' - Nearby Entries  

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