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humor, humour

n. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

humor, humour

n. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

temper, mood, humor, humour

n. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour

n. the liquid parts of the body

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wisecrack, crack, sally, quip

n. witty remark

parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on

n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

reason

n. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"

intension, connotation

n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

disposition, temperament

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

nature

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

composure, calm, calmness, equanimity

n. steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude

n. a state of peace and quiet

inclination, disposition, tendency

n. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

state of nature, wild, natural state

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

nature

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

disposition, temperament

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

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