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The correct spelling is humor.
How to pronounce humor
/hjuː.mə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Hum-or
The correct spelling is humor. The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. For example: "She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together."
Usage Examples
“She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.”
“He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.”
“I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
- 2.A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
- 3.Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
- 4.Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
- 5.Moist vapour, moisture.
verb
- 1.To pacify by indulging.
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