humored
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈhjuːmərd/
- US
:
de buen humor
- Whenever Shatlow objected, she made a point of being good-humored and agreeable.
- good-humored
Examples
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A good-humored crowd, so dense in places that it was impossible to control one's movement.
Academic text (2011) -
Dick was a thoughtful and careful reader, relaxed and good-humored.
Academic text (2010) -
On the screen, the finale features a good-humored collage of Jerry photos, cut to music.
Fiction book (1996) -
No, thank you for the good-humored restraint with which you exercise your power, Menzies.
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The novel provided a striking backdrop for my conversations with those students, who have been relentlessly optimistic and good-humored.
Academic text (2016) -
He has a wife, Ginny, to whom he is scrupulously faithful, and an intelligent, good-humored son in middle school.
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The stunted body swayed, but the voice that came from the speaker was animated, jovial, and good-humored.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the photos pinned up at Gina's shop, he'd appeared round-faced and cheerful with an easy, good-humored smile.
Fiction book (1994) -
Despite the rainy weather, she remained humored and shared jokes with her friends.
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His humored reaction to the prank made everyone laugh even harder.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling pleased and finding something funny or entertaining
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3.2
Cheerful and friendly to other people
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6.3
Full of joy and laughter
Antonyms
How Amused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Humored comes from the old word humour, which meant a body 'fluid' that people once thought controlled a person's mood. So being humored means being in a pleasant 'mood', and it is the same root as humor and humorous, words about feeling or being funny.