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humour
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- H
- Ends with
- R
- Contains
- UMOU
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
“she didn't appreciate my humor”
noun
the quality of being funny
“I fail to see the humor in it”
noun
the liquid parts of the body
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”
noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
“whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time”
verb
put into a good mood
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Example Sentences
she didn't appreciate my humor
you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
I fail to see the humor in it
the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
he was in a bad humor
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