HUMOUR


Meaning of HUMOUR in English

( 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.

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