good humour (noun)

  • 1good humour — /gʊd ˈhjumə/ (say good hyoohmuh) noun a cheerful or amiable mood. Also, good humor …

  • 2good humour — noun a cheerful and agreeable mood • Syn: ↑good humor, ↑good temper, ↑amiability • Ant: ↑ill humor (for: ↑good humor) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 3good humor — noun a cheerful and agreeable mood (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑good humour, ↑good temper, ↑amiability • Ant: ↑ill humor • Derivationally related forms: ↑amiable ( …

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  • 4humour — (US humor) ► NOUN 1) the quality of being amusing or comic. 2) a state of mind: her good humour vanished. 3) (also cardinal humour) historical each of four fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy),… …

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  • 5good temper — noun a cheerful and agreeable mood • Syn: ↑good humor, ↑good humour, ↑amiability • Ant: ↑ill humor (for: ↑good humor) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 6humour — (BrE) (AmE humor) noun 1 amusing quality/ability to find things funny ADJECTIVE ▪ wry ▪ With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes. ▪ ironic, tongue in cheek ▪ self depr …

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  • 7humour — 1 BrE, humor AmE noun 1 (U) the quality in something that makes it funny: Mr Thorne failed to see the humour in the situation. 2 (U) the way that a particular person or group find certain things amusing: English humour | sense of humour: Ackroyd… …

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  • 8humour — I UK [ˈhjuːmə(r)] / US [ˈhjumər] noun [uncountable] ** 1) a) the quality that makes a situation or entertainment funny a novel full of humour not see the humour in something (= not think something is funny): They laughed at things she didn t see… …

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  • 9humour — (US humor) noun 1》 the quality of being amusing, especially as expressed in literature or speech.     ↘the ability to appreciate or express humour. 2》 a state of mind: her good humour vanished.     ↘archaic an inclination or whim. 3》 (also… …

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  • 10humour*/ — [ˈhjuːmə] noun I 1) [U] the quality that makes something funny a novel that is full of humour[/ex] 2) [U] the ability to know when something is funny and to laugh at funny situations Sally is a friendly person with a great sense of humour.[/ex]… …

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