( BrE ) ( AmE humor ) noun
1 amusing quality/ability to find things funny
ADJECTIVE
▪ wry
▪
With wry ~, they laugh at their misfortunes.
▪ ironic , tongue-in-cheek
▪ self-deprecating
▪ deadpan , dry
▪ gentle , subtle
▪ sly
▪ irreverent
▪ black , dark , gallows , grim
▪ caustic , sardonic
▪ slapstick , visual
▪ unintentional
▪ schoolboy ( BrE )
▪
His colleagues soon got fed up with his schoolboy ~.
▪ lavatorial , toilet (both esp. BrE )
▪ gross-out ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪
This movie takes crude gross-out ~ to a new low.
… OF HUMOUR/HUMOR
▪ touch
▪
Her speech was serious, but not without the occasional touch of ~.
VERB + HUMOUR/HUMOR
▪ be full of , contain
▪
The stories are full of ~.
▪ use
▪
The movie uses ~ to make its points.
▪ appreciate , see
▪
The man who lost his shoes failed to see the ~ of the situation.
PHRASES
▪ a brand of ~
▪
a television sitcom with its own peculiar brand of ~
▪ sense of ~
▪
to have a dry/good/great/warped/weird/wicked sense of ~
2 mood
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪
Her good ~ was restored by the excellent meal.
PHRASES
▪ in (a) good ~
▪
The remarks were made in good ~.
▪
He was obviously in a good ~ this evening.