What part of speech is humor?

Humor can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. humor is a verb, present, 1st person singular of humor (infinitive).
  • 2. humor is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. humor is a noun, singular of humors.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does humor mean?

Definitions

Verb

humor - put into a good mood

Noun

humor - the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
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"
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"
humor - the liquid parts of the body
humor - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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"

Examples of humor

#   Sentence  
1. noun I fail to see the humor in it.
2. noun She didn't appreciate my humor.
3. noun You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor.
4. noun He was in a bad humor.
5. noun She is a super sweet, lovable and well-informed woman with a great sense of humor.
6. noun You have a good sense of humor.
7. noun Your sense of humor is beginning to exert itself.
8. noun The professor's speech was full of humor.
9. noun The sense of humor is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
10. noun It's a pity that Mary has no sense of humor.
11. noun I don't see why I am in a bad humor this morning.
12. noun It is called sick humor.
13. noun The story is full of humor.
14. noun However, a new type of humor, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion.
15. noun This play has no humor in it.
16. verb Humor me.
17. verb Humor them.
18. verb Humor him.
19. verb Humor her.
20. verb Humor me.
21. verb Humor them.
22. verb Humor him.
23. verb Humor her.
Sentence  
noun
I fail to see the humor in it.
She didn't appreciate my humor.
You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor.
He was in a bad humor.
She is a super sweet, lovable and well-informed woman with a great sense of humor.
You have a good sense of humor.
Your sense of humor is beginning to exert itself.
The professor's speech was full of humor.
The sense of humor is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
It's a pity that Mary has no sense of humor.
I don't see why I am in a bad humor this morning.
It is called sick humor.
The story is full of humor.
However, a new type of humor, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion.
This play has no humor in it.
verb
Humor me.
Humor them.
Humor him.
Humor her.
Humor me.
Humor them.
Humor him.
Humor her.

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