HUMOR


Meaning of HUMOR in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: disposition 3, character, complexion, individualism, individuality, makeup, nature, personality, temper, temperament

2.

Synonyms: mood 1, mind, strain, temper, tone, vein

3.

Synonyms: caprice , bee, boutade, conceit, crotchet, fancy, freak, megrim, vagary, whim

4.

that quality or element which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or incongruous

see the humor in a situation

Synonyms: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, funniness, humorousness, wittiness

Related Word: jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jocundness; flippancy, levity, lightness; banter, chaffing, jesting, joking, kidding

Contrasted words: earnestness, seriousness, solemnity; depth, profundity

5.

something that is or is designed to be humorous

his heavy humor fell flat

Synonyms: wit

Related Word: banter, chitchat, pleasantry, repartee

6.

Synonyms: wit 5, esprit

Antonyms: humorlessness

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: indulge 1, cater (to), gratify

2.

Synonyms: baby , cater (to), cocker, coddle, cosset, cotton, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil

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