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Definition: Good Humor |
Good HumorNoun1. A cheerful and agreeable mood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Good HumorSynonyms: amiability (n), good humour (n), good temper (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: ill humor (n), ill humour (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Verb: amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one. |
Cheerfulness | Noun: cheerfulness; Adjective: geniality, gayety, l'allegro, cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur, bon naturel. |
Cheer, enliven, elate, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, animate, raise the spirits, inspire; perk up; put in good humor; cheer the heart, rejoice the heart; delight; (give pleasure). | |
Concord | Keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace. |
Courtesy | Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. |
Adverb: courteously; Adjective: with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts; suaviter in modo, in good humor. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Good Humor |
| English words defined with "good humor": bonheur ♦ Debonairness ♦ jest, jesting, jocose, jocular, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joviality ♦ put ♦ To sear ♦ well. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Norton, if a man in a white coat ever knocks on your door, don't ask for tutti-frutti, 'cause he ain't the Good Humor man! (The Honeymooners; writing credit: Herbert Finn; Marvin Marx) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Good Humor Man (1950) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sir William Temple | The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. |
| The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. | |
William M. Thackeray | Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
Expressions using "good humor": Good humor man ♦ in good humor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
good humor | 136 |
good humor ice cream | 89 |
breyers good humor | 19 |
good humor man | 8 |
breyers cream good humor ice | 6 |
cream good humor ice man | 4 |
good humor popsicle | 3 |
bar cream good humor ice | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "good humor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دعابة (frolic, good humour, humor, humour, jest, jesting, joke, joking, pleasantries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מצב רוח מרומם (exuberance, high spirits, lift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jókedv (animal spirits, cheerfulness, chirpiness, exhilaration, flow of spirits, fun, gaiety, gayness, good humour, high spirits, hilarity, humor, humour, jollity, joy, let off, merriness, mirth, pleasantry, vivacity), jó hangulat (cheer, conviviality, good humour, light mood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 上機嫌 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょうき'". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oodgay umorhay bunã dispoziţie (amenity, amiability, buoyancy, cheerfulness, elation, gaiety, geniality, good humour, snap, spirit). (various references) gladlynthet (cheerfulness, good humour, joviality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | en gogues. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-h-m-o-o-o-r-u" | |
-4 letters: dough, duomo, gourd, groom, humor, mohur, odour, rough. | |
-5 letters: doom, door, dorm, doum, dour, drug, drum, duro, good, grum, homo, hood, hour, mood, moor, odor, ordo, rood, room. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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