Definitions for humor

Definitions for (noun) humor

Main entry: sense of humor, sense of humour, humor, humour

Definition: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

Usage: she didn't appreciate my humor; you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor


Main entry: humor, humour

Definition: the quality of being funny

Usage: I fail to see the humor in it


Main entry: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour

Definition: the liquid parts of the body


Main entry: humor, humour

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

Usage: the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile


Main entry: wit, witticism, wittiness, humor, humour

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


Main entry: humor, humour, temper, mood

Definition: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Usage: whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time; he was in a bad humor


Definitions for (verb) humor

Main entry: humor, humour

Definition: put into a good mood


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