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Engelsk navneord: humour

1. humour (om fornemmelse) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningWhether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time.
He was in a bad humor.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor, mood, temper


Mindre specifikke termerfeeling


Mere specifikke termeramiability, distemper, good humor, good humour, good temper, ill humor, ill humour, peeve, sulk, sulkiness

2. humour (om kommunikation) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor, wit, witticism, wittiness


Mindre specifikke termercontent, message, subject matter, substance


Mere specifikke termerbite, bon mot, caricature, cartoon, caustic remark, esprit de l'escalier, fun, gag, imitation, impersonation, irony, jape, jest, jeu d'esprit, joke, laugh, mot, play, pungency, repartee, ribaldry, sarcasm, satire, sketch, sport, topper


Samme anvendelselibation, roaster

3. humour (i anatomi) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor


Mindre specifikke termerbody substance


Overordnet emneområdeantiquity, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, physiology

4. humour (i anatomi) the liquid parts of the body


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance


Mindre specifikke termerbody substance


Mere specifikke termeramnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, aqueous humor, aqueous humour, black bile, blood, blood serum, cerebrospinal fluid, choler, chyle, come, cum, ECF, ejaculate, endolymph, extracellular fluid, festering, ichor, ink, intracellular fluid, juice, karyolymph, lochia, lymph, melancholy, milk, perilymph, purulence, pus, sanies, secretion, seed, semen, seminal fluid, serum, spinal fluid, succus, suppuration, vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour, waters, yellow bile

5. humour (om egenskab) the quality of being funny


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningI fail to see the humor in it.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor


Mindre specifikke termerquality


Mere specifikke termercomicality

6. humour (om egenskab) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningShe didn't appreciate my humor.
You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor, sense of humor, sense of humour


Mindre specifikke termerfun, playfulness


Engelsk udsagnsord: humour

1. humour (om kommunikation) put into a good mood


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)humor


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termergratify, indulge, pander









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