Definition of Sense of humour

1. Noun. The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous. "You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

Exact synonyms: Humor, Humour, Sense Of Humor
Generic synonyms: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Humorist, Humorous, Humourist, Humourous

Definition of Sense of humour

1. Noun. The quality of an individual to find certain things funny. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sense Of Humour

sensations
sense
sense amplifier
sense amplifiers
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
sense modality
sense of balance
sense of craft
sense of direction
sense of duty
sense of equilibrium
sense of hearing
sense of humor
sense of humour (current term)
sense of identity
sense of movement
sense of purpose
sense of responsibility
sense of right and wrong
sense of shame
sense of smell
sense of taste
sense of the meeting
sense of touch
sense organ
sense organs
sense strand
sense strands

Literary usage of Sense of humour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt by Lawrence Fraser Abbott (1919)
"A sense of humour is not merely an agreeable and pleasing social virtue of an ... A man who possesses a sense of humour can be neither vain, nor conceited, ..."

2. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"But a sense of humour is hard to reconcile with some cardinal virtues. ... Southey, with a sense of humour, would have been alive to his own smallness in ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"The poet's heart, which has a life and a world of its own, beat in him too strongly not to demand expression ; a keen sense of humour was a part of his very ..."

4. The Bookman (1903)
"Exaggeration and a keen sense of humour are only adjuncts of the cartoonist, for he must deal with real people. He must also be BUSH. must be conversant ..."

5. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"sense of humour.—How he answered the critics.—Charge of eccentricity.—How he was eccentric.—Travels on the Continent.—Shipwreck.—Gallant conduct of Prince ..."

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