GALLOWS HUMOR

Meaning of GALLOWS HUMOR in English

humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.

[ 1900-05 ]

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GALLOWS HUMOR — noun Date: 1901 humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GALLOWS HUMOR — noun : humor that makes fun of very serious or terrifying situations
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLOWS HUMOR — morbid humor, black humor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GALLOWS HUMOR — Date: 1901 : humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALLOWS HUMOR — Function: noun Date: 1901 : humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GALLOWS HUMOR — [gallows humor] n (1901): humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALLOWS HUMOR — ➡ gallows humour
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALLOWS HUMOR — ˈgallows ˌhumour BrE AmE British English , gallows humor American English noun [uncountable] humour which makes very unpleasant or dangerous …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALLOWS' HUMOR — {n. phr.} Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. * /When the criminal …
Slang English vocab
GALLOWS' HUMOR — {n. phr.} Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. * /When the criminal …
Словарь английских идиом
GALLOWS' HUMOR — n. phr. Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. When the criminal was …
American Idioms English vocabulary
GALLOWS HUMOR — юмор висельника
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GALLOWS HUMOR — юмор висельника
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HUMOR — n humor (1. animal fluid; 2. mental disposition, temperament; 3. as in sense of humor); humor aquose [Anat.] aqueous humor; …
Interlingua English vocab
HUMOR — kamuut
English-Visayan vocabulary
HUMOR — I. noun Etymology: Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin ~, from Latin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMOR — I. ˈ(h)yümə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: see -or Etymology: Middle English humour, from Middle French humeur, from Medieval Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLOWS — I. ˈga(ˌ)lōz, -_ləz, in sense 3 & archaic or dial in other senses -_ləs noun ( plural gallows or gallowses …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMOR — (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (v. t.) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (n.) State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — (n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the …
Английский словарь Webster
GALLOWS — (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Английский словарь Webster
GALLOWS — (pl. ) of Gallows
Английский словарь Webster
HUMOR — ( v. t. ) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMOR — ( v. t. ) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMOR — ( n. ) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMOR — ( n. ) State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLOWS — ( pl. ) of Gallows
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLOWS — ( n. sing. ) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMOR — — humorful , adj. — humorless , adj. — humorlessly , adv. — humorlessness , n. /hyooh"meuhr/ or, often, /yooh"-/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLOWS — /gal"ohz, -euhz/ , n. , pl. gallowses, gallows . 1. a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMOR — I. ˈhyü-mər, ˈyü- noun Etymology: Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALLOWS — I. ˈga-(ˌ)lōz, -ləz, in sense 3 also -ləs noun ( plural gallows or gal·lows·es ) Etymology: Middle English galwes, plural …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMOR — noun changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. 2. humor ·noun a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, …
Webster English vocab
GALLOWS — pl of gallows. 2. gallows (·noun ·sg) a pair of suspenders or braces. 3. gallows (·noun ·sg) a wretch who …
Webster English vocab
HUMOR — [hu.mor] n [ME humour, fr. MF humeur, fr. ML & L; ML humor, fr. L humor, umor moisture; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALLOWS — [gal.lows] n, pl gallows or gal.lows.es [ME galwes, pl. of galwe, fr. OE gealga; akin to ON gelgja pole, stake, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMOR — humor BrE AmE ˈhjuːm ə § ˈjuːm- AmE - ə r ▷ humor|ed d ▷ humoring hjuːm ə r‿ɪŋ § …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GALLOWS — gallows BrE AmE ˈɡæl əʊz AmE \ -oʊz ▶ ˈ gallows ˌ humour BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GALLOWS — / ˈgæləʊz; NAmE -loʊz/ noun ( pl. gal·lows ) a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMOR — I. hu ‧ mour 1 BrE AmE British English , humor American English /ˈhjuːmə $ ˈhjuːmər, ˈjuː-/ noun [uncountable] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALLOWS — gal ‧ lows /ˈɡæləʊz $ -loʊz/ BrE AmE noun ( plural gallows ) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALLOWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 a structure, usu. of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GALLOWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1. a structure, usu. of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. …
Oxford English vocab
GALLOWS — ( gallows) A gallows is a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALLOWS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gallows humour (= jokes, funny stories etc which make very unpleasant or dangerous things seem …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GALLOWS — [noun] [C] [plural] gallows - a wooden structure used, esp. in the past, to hang criminals from as a form …
Cambridge English vocab
HUMOR — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, agile wit, ambiversion, antibody, antigen, appease, arterial …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GALLOWS — Synonyms and related words : ax, beheading, block, burning, capital punishment, cross, crucifixion, death chair, death chamber, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMOR — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: DISPOSITION 3, character, complexion, individualism, individuality, makeup, nature, personality, temper, temperament 2 Synonyms: MOOD 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HUMOR — I. noun 1. Synonyms: disposition 3, character, complexion, individualism, individuality, makeup, nature, personality, temper, temperament 2. Synonyms: mood 1, mind, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GALLOWS — noun Gallows is used before these nouns: ↑ humour
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GALLOWS — n. 25B6; plural noun the wooden gallows : GIBBET, scaffold, gallows tree, Tyburn tree. they were condemned to the gallows …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GALLOWS — n. gibbet Another name for gallows was 'Tyburn tree', after that at Tyburn, in London
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HUMOR — In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HUMOR — амер.; = humour ; сущ. юмор - broad * грубоватый юмор - grim * черный юмор - I don't see …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALLOWS — виселица виселица, казнь через повешение - to send smb. to the * приговорить кого-л. к смертной казни через повешение - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMOR — humor.ogg 1. ʹhju:mə = humour I и II 2. ʹhju:mə = humour I и II
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALLOWS — gallows.ogg 1. ʹgæləʋz n ( pl без измен.; тж. -es -ʹgæləʋzız ) 1. 1> виселица 2> виселица, казнь через повешение …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUMOR — humor амер.; - humour; сущ.
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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