humour
The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
Example
“She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.”
Other meanings
A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
“He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.”
Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
Synonyms
- temper
- mood
Related words
- dishumour
- humourful
- humourise
- humourist
- humourless
- humourous
- humoursome
- outhumour
- humoral
- humorism
- humorist
- humorous
Word history
From Latin "hūmor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “humour” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.