humor

Plural: humors

Noun

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
  • "she didn't appreciate my humor"
  • "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  • "he was in a bad humor"
• the quality of being funny
  • "I fail to see the humor in it"
• (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"
• the liquid parts of the body
• US spelling of humour.

Verb

Verb Forms: humored, humoring, humors

• To indulge someone's mood or whim.
• put into a good mood
• US spelling of humour.

Examples

• He decided to humor his opponent’s unusual play, hoping for a strategic opening later.
• He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.
• I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Synonyms

bodily fluid, body fluid, humour, liquid body substance, mood, sense of humor, sense of humour, temper, wit, witticism, wittiness

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