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- humors (Verb)
Plural of humor.
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NounPlural: humor |
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| humor - the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it" | ||
| humour | ||
| quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | ||
| humor - 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" | ||
| humour, sense of humor, sense of humour | ||
| playfulness, fun a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" | ||
| humor - (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" | ||
| humour | ||
| body substance the substance of the body | ||
| physiology processes and functions of an organism | ||
| dark ages, middle ages the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | ||
| antiquity an artifact surviving from the past | ||
| humor - the liquid parts of the body | ||
| liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humour | ||
| body substance the substance of the body | ||
| aqueous humor, aqueous humour the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens | ||
| vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball | ||
| endolymph the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | ||
| perilymph the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | ||
| ecf, extracellular fluid liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid" | ||
| intracellular fluid liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) | ||
| succus, juice any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices" | ||
| karyolymph a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed | ||
| milk produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young | ||
| amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, waters the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion; "before a woman gives birth her waters break" | ||
| blood temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" | ||
| blood serum, serum an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | ||
| chyle a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats | ||
| lymph a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels | ||
| come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid, seed the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | ||
| ink dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods | ||
| secretion a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell | ||
| black bile, melancholy a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | ||
| yellow bile, choler a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger | ||
| lochia substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth | ||
| sanies, festering, ichor, purulence, pus, suppuration (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | ||
| humor - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
| wit, humour, witticism, wittiness | ||
| subject matter, message, content, substance a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message" | ||
| jeu d'esprit a witty comment or writing | ||
| bon mot, mot a clever remark | ||
| esprit de l'escalier a witty remark that occurs to you too late | ||
| pungency, bite a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" | ||
| caustic remark, sarcasm, satire, irony witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift | ||
| repartee adroitness and cleverness in reply | ||
| jape, gag, jest, laugh, joke restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | ||
| caricature, impersonation, imitation a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | ||
| cartoon, sketch a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | ||
| fun, sport, play activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" | ||
| ribaldry ribald humor | ||
| topper a woman's short coat | ||
| humor - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" | ||
| temper, mood, humour | ||
| feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" | ||
| peeve an annoyed or irritated mood | ||
| sulk, sulkiness a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" | ||
| good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability a cheerful and agreeable mood | ||
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| humor - put into a good mood | ||
| humour | ||
| gratify, pander, indulge yield (to); give satisfaction to | ||
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Wiktionary
- humor (Noun)
A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. - humor (Noun)
Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour . - humor (Noun)
A fluid or semi-fluid of the body. - humor (Verb)
To pacify by indulging.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- humor (n.)
Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc. - humor (n.)
A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. - humor (n.)
State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. - humor (n.)
Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. - humor (n.)
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. - humor (v. t.)
To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind. - humor (v. t.)
To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva. -
humor
To pacify by indulging.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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humor
An outbreak, either of skin or brains frequently branded as Rash.
