1 [U] the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are amusing:
a story full of gentle humour * She ignored his feeble attempt at humour. * They failed to see the humour of the situation. * He has a good sense of humour. * I can't stand people with no sense of humour. * Whatever you do, don't lose your sense of humour. * She smiled with a rare flash of humour. * She has her very own brand of humour. * The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour (= things that cause French people to laugh).
2 [C,U] (formal) the state of your feelings or mind at a particular time:
to be in the best / worst of humours * The meeting dissolved in ill humour. * to be out of humour (= in a bad mood)
seealsoGOODHUMOUR, GOOD-HUMOURED, ILL-HUMOURED
3 [C] (old use) one of the four liquids that were thought in the past to be in a person's body and to influence health and character
verb [VN] to agree with sb's wishes, even if they seem unreasonable, in order to keep the person happy:
She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is humour a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, humour is tagged as noun.
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