Humor
['hjʊmɚ]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) the quality of being funny; 'I fail to see the humor in it'.
(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'.
(verb.) put into a good mood.
Editor: Miriam--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
(n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Moisture.[2]. Cutaneous eruption.[3]. Temper, disposition, bent, bias, vein, propensity, predilection, turn of mind, frame of mind.[4]. Mood, fancy, whim, caprice, freak, vagary, crotchet, whimsey, maggot, WRINKLE.[5]. Pleasantry, facetiousness, jocoseness, jocularity, kindly wit.
v. a. [1]. Indulge, gratify, give way to, consult the wishes of.[2]. Favor, suit the nature of, meet the requirements of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disposition, temper, mood, caprice, jocoseness, pleasantry, frame, drollery,fun
ANT:Nature, personality, mind, will, purpose, seriousness
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Unserious Contents or Definition
An outbreak, either of skin or brains frequently branded as Rash.
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Examples
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Gould had no sense of humor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The effect of this situation in crippling the teacher's sense of humor has not received the attention which it deserves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Captain Dufranne is willing to remain, and for my part I am perfectly willing, perfectly willing--as I always have been to humor your childish whims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- That was really my ignorance, said Dorothea, admiring Will's good-humor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am afraid the last-named get the most of it, replied Carriston, with dry humor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was in a genial humor, and played the violin for me for about two hours--$2000 worth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Maurice, having got over his first suspicions of the Greek, soon liked him extremely, as he was a pleasant companion, and always in a good humor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had no sense of humor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And Mrs. Shelby had readily consented to humor her in the requeSt. He won't know Polly,--my old man won't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here he was famed for his good-humor and a very original turn of mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We have no such humor now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers, and declaim against the wickedness of times present. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Humor and pathos make it alive, and you have found your style at last. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Still, I must ask you to humor me a little further. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lydgate's odious humors and their neighbors' apparent avoidance of them had an unaccountable date for her in their relief from money difficulties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You know, Dodo, it is very bad, said Celia, in her placid guttural, looking as prettily free from humors as possible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Tis strange to see the humors of these men, These great aspiring spirits, that should be wise: . George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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