Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 12 compound words that contain humour. The most common are listed below. Open humour in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- sense of humourA person’s faculty for finding certain things funny.
- vitreous humourThe clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.
- toilet humourScatological or vulgar language intended to be amusing.
- aqueous humourThe clear, watery fluid that fills the front of the eye between the cornea and the crystalline lens.
- good humourA pleasant disposition or mood.
- senses of humourplural of sense of humour: A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny.
- black humourAlternative spelling of black humor: A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.
- anti-humourA form of humour that subverts expectations, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
- bathroom humourSynonym of toilet humour: Scatological or vulgar language intended to be amusing.
- dark humourAlternative spelling of dark humor: A form of comedy that makes fun of human suffering.
- dry humourAlternative spelling of dry humor: Humor that is presented with no change of expression; deadpan.
- bad humourirritability or surliness
- gallows humourAlternative spelling of gallows humor: A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.
- ill humourUK standard spelling of ill humor.
- out of humourout of temper; displeased
- crystalline humourThe lens of the eye.
- glacial humourThe lens of the eye.
Compound words 12
- humourfulhumorous; comical
- humouriseNon-Oxford British English spelling of humorize.
- outhumourAlternative form of outhumor: To surpass in humor; to be funnier than.
- dishumourTo deprive of humour or desire; to put out of humour.
- humoursomeLiable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
- humourousAlternative spelling of humorous: Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- humourlessAlternative spelling of humorless: Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- humouristAlternative spelling of humorist: Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
- humourismAlternative form of humorism: The theory of the influence of the humors (body fluids) in the production of disease.
- humourismsplural of humourism: The theory of the influence of the humors (body fluids) in the production of disease.