humour

humour
(BrE) (AmE humor) noun
1 amusing quality/ability to find things funny
ADJECTIVE
wry

With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes.

ironic, tongue-in-cheek
self-deprecating
deadpan, dry
gentle, subtle
sly
irreverent
black, dark, gallows, grim
caustic, sardonic
slapstick, visual
unintentional
schoolboy (BrE)

His colleagues soon got fed up with his schoolboy humour.

lavatorial, toilet (both esp. BrE)
gross-out (informal, esp. AmE)

This movie takes crude gross-out humour to a new low.

… OF HUMOUR/HUMOR
touch

Her speech was serious, but not without the occasional touch of humour.

VERB + HUMOUR/HUMOR
be full of, contain

The stories are full of humour.

use

The movie uses humour to make its points.

appreciate, see

The man who lost his shoes failed to see the humour of the situation.

PHRASES
a brand of humour

a television sitcom with its own peculiar brand of humour

sense of humour

to have a dry/good/great/warped/weird/wicked sense of humour

2 mood
ADJECTIVE
good

Her good humour was restored by the excellent meal.

PHRASES
in (a) good humour

The remarks were made in good humour.

He was obviously in a good humour this evening.


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