What does HUMOR mean?

Definitions for HUMOR
ˈhyu mər; often ˈyu-hu·mor

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word HUMOR.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittinessnoun

    a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

  2. humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humournoun

    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"

  3. temper, mood, humor, humournoun

    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

    "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

  4. humor, humournoun

    the quality of being funny

    "I fail to see the humor in it"

  5. humor, humournoun

    (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"

  6. liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humourverb

    the liquid parts of the body

  7. humor, humourverb

    put into a good mood

Wiktionary

  1. humornoun

    The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.

  2. humornoun

    One of four fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm) that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

  3. humornoun

    A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.

    He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.

  4. humornoun

    Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

  5. humornoun

    A fluid or semi-fluid of the body.

  6. humorverb

    To pacify by indulging.

    I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Wikipedia

  1. humor

    Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humorcode: lat promoted to code: la , "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. Most people are able to experience humour—be amused, smile or laugh at something funny (such as a pun or joke)—and thus are considered to have a sense of humour. The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour to be inexplicable, strange, or even irrational. Though ultimately decided by personal taste, the extent to which a person finds something humorous depends on a host of variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, intelligence and context. For example, young children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or the Tom and Jerry cartoons, whose physical nature makes it accessible to them. By contrast, more sophisticated forms of humour such as satire require an understanding of its social meaning and context, and thus tend to appeal to a more mature audience.

ChatGPT

  1. humor

    Humor is a quality or phenomenon that arouses laughter, amusement or a sense of comedic fun. It often arises from unusual, unexpected or absurd situations. Its forms can vary greatly, such as language-based jokes, physical comedy, or observational humor related to daily life. It is often used to entertain, lighten the mood, or ease social interactions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Humornoun

    moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc

  2. Humornoun

    a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin

  3. Humornoun

    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

  4. Humornoun

    changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims

  5. Humornoun

    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

  6. Humorverb

    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

  7. Humorverb

    to help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. humor

    The tabasco sauce that gives life a flavor.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Humor

    Works consisting of jokes and facetiae relating to a subject.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. HUMOR

    An outbreak, either of skin or brains frequently branded as Rash.

Editors Contribution

  1. humor

    The ability to create, perceive and express ourselves with fun and laughter.

    Humor is vital in life for all of humanity.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HUMOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HUMOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of HUMOR in a Sentence

  1. Agnes Repplier:

    Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals.

  2. Victor Borge:

    Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

  3. Kristin Chenoweth:

    The reason I am most attracted to this role and wanted to do it is because I am fascinated with the idea of a son becoming a parent to his mother, this woman has a lot of issues like agoraphobia. She has some addictions. She has some mental health issues. I am also loving getting to walk that line with a little bit of humor but also the real situation. To me it all just felt right.

  4. Larry Kudlow:

    He says it was a spoof. That's what he's told me -- I do buy it. I know him ; he's kind of a great sense of humor wiseass kind of guy, what can I tell ya ? I don't think it's germane. I don't think he was making a statement. I think he was making a spoof. Our support is still there, still there.

  5. Pilar Quintana-Williams:

    I think that it has been a difficult year for everybody with quarantine, with all the changes, so the stakes are high. But again, we want to bring humor and we want to bring lightheartedness to the holiday.

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