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as in comedies
humorous entertainment
a screenwriter best known for lowbrow humor
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as in spirits
a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion
the prospect of going out to dinner put her in a good humor all day
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as in whims
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
she was seized by a sudden humor to contact an old college friend that she hadn't seen in ages
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as in indulges
to give in to (a desire)
humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time
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Recent Examples of humors
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.
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Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
Essentially, the genre someone gravitates towards can quietly reveal personality traits like our humors, values, and emotional wiring—the kind of clues that aren’t always captured in a dating app profile.
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Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
22 Oct. 2025
There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
And there’s a kinship between modern medicine’s aim to ascribe psychiatric disorders to a handful of chemicals in our brains and the medical catchall of the four-humors framework of centuries past.
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Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
However, Khatima also maintained that the four humors played a role in determining the plague’s course.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.
—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
Essentially, the genre someone gravitates towards can quietly reveal personality traits like our humors, values, and emotional wiring—the kind of clues that aren’t always captured in a dating app profile.
—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
22 Oct. 2025
There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
And there’s a kinship between modern medicine’s aim to ascribe psychiatric disorders to a handful of chemicals in our brains and the medical catchall of the four-humors framework of centuries past.
—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humors
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Minions creator Pierre Coffin seized rare creative control, crafting a visually dense tribute packed with nods to silent comedies, early film experiments and studio landmarks.
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That standard took her all the way through to Grace and Frankie, her longest running onscreen job to date and a relic of a time when networks allowed television comedies to build their audiences and their voices.
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Koval Distillery, Chicago’s first legal post-Prohibition distillery, produces spirits as artful as its bottle designs and Vin312 Winery has grown from its owner’s garage into a full-fledged tasting room.
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The release continues Tamworth’s tradition of creating spirits inspired by the natural world around its rural New Hampshire home.
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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.
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Existing grants, meanwhile, can be terminated at the whims of the administration.
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Chris is a freelance journalist who, when not writing, skywatching, playing games or building Lego, indulges his taste for horror, sci-fi and the post-apocalyptic.
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But instead of paranoia, Spielberg indulges openness.
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His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
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Known for creating wicked political satires like Veep and The Thick of It, Iannucci is currently competing on Taskmaster.
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The show was always brilliant at orchestrating moods, with its slow-fast, quiet-loud contrasts, its extreme close-ups and noisy action scenes.
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After witnessing some, frankly, bad overall moods at other major events last year, I was struck by how different things felt at BIO 2026.
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Similar to the original film, Elle learns to leave behind some of the preconceived notions that her rich upbringing gave her and embrace authenticity.
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Enlightenment figures, such as John Locke, also advanced notions of separation of church and state.
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Coastal decor darling Serena & Lily brings you the Pacifica modular collection to suit any configuration that pleases you.
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For something more substantial, Ramsey’s pleases both vegetarians and meat eaters with options such as BBQ brisket sandwich with homemade onion straws or Zucchini Noodle Thai Bowl.
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“Humors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humors. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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