humour
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
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Sense 2 verb
put into a good mood
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Sense 3 noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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Sense 4 noun
(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
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Sense 5 noun
the liquid parts of the body
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Sense 6 noun
the quality of being funny
I fail to see the humor in it
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Sense 7 noun
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
she didn't appreciate my humor
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | humor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperamental |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sulkiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amiability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ill humor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | humour |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pander |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | witty |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | libation |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | roaster |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jeu d'esprit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bon mot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | esprit de l'escalier |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pungency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | irony |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | repartee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | joke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | impersonation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartoon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fun |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ribaldry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | topper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | humoral |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | antiquity |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Middle Ages |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | body substance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | humoral |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body substance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aqueous humor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitreous humor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | endolymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perilymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | extracellular fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | intracellular fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | succus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | karyolymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | milk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | amniotic fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | serum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chyle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | semen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ink |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | black bile |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | yellow bile |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lochia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanies |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spinal fluid |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | comicality |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | playfulness |