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noun amusing quality/ability to find things funny ADJ. wry With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes. | irreverent | caustic, sardonic | black, dark, gallows, grim | self-deprecating | gentle | tongue-in-cheek | slapstick, visual | unconscious, unintentional | deadpan, dry | schoolboy His colleagues soon got fed up with his schoolboy humour. | lavatorial QUANT. touch Her speech was serious, but not without the occasional touch of humour. VERB + HUMOUR be full of, contain The stories are full of humour. | 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 mood ADJ. 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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humour
phrases
a sense of humour
• I'm afraid my dad doesn't have a very good sense of humour.
somebody's brand of humour
(= the type of jokes, funny stories etc that a particular person likes or tells )
• Their brand of humour isn't to everyone's taste.
a flash/trace/touch of humour
(= a very small amount of humour )
• She replied with a rare flash of humour.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + humour
black/dark humour
(= jokes, funny stories etc about the unpleasant parts of life )
• The tone of the film is light but there are moments of black humour.
gallows humour
(= jokes, funny stories etc which make very unpleasant or dangerous things seem funny )
• It was the kind of gallows humor that medical students love.
schoolboy humour
(= jokes, funny stories etc that are silly and rude but not offensive )
• The schoolboy humour appealed to him.
wry humour
(= when someone makes something seem both funny and sad )
• He wrote with wry humour about his time in a Turkish prison.
gentle humour
(= jokes or stories that do not offend anyone )
• The plays uses gentle humor to make a strong point.
verbs
see/appreciate the humour
(= understand that something is funny )
• I may have been wet and covered in mud, but I could still see the humour in the situation.
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