humour
IPA: hjˈumɝ
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
- (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
- (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
- (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
- (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
verb
- (transitive) To pacify by indulging.
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Examples of "humour" in Sentences
- Humour is also in the eye of the beholder.
- I can't stand people with no sense of humour.
- His scathing sense of humour appealed to women.
- Most of the humour on the show was very surreal.
- Deadpan humour doesn't always work on the internet.
- He thus was the frequent target of salacious humour.
- It also inflects the sorrow of the story with humour.
- It is satirical and humourous while revealing the flaws of the man.
- There is a stark difference in the style of the humour and the humor.
- He had no wit, no humour, no vivacity, in our acceptance of these terms.
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