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Humored
(gcide) | Humor \Hu"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Humoring.]
1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit
the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt
one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to
humor the mind.
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It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor
that invention. --Dryden.
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2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to
soothe; to gratify; to please.
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You humor me when I am sick. --Pope.
Syn: To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify.
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good-humored
(encz) | good-humored, |
good-humoredly
(encz) | good-humoredly, |
good-humoredness
(encz) | good-humoredness, n: |
ill-humored
(encz) | ill-humored, adj: |
crusty curmudgeonly gruff ill-humored ill-humoured
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Good-humored
(gcide) | Good-humored \Good`-hu"mored\, a.
Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; cheerful;
good-tempered. See Good-natured. [WordNet sense 2]
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2. Disposed to please. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: amiable, agreeable, good-humored, likable, likeable.
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Good-humoredly
(gcide) | Good-humoredly \Good`-hu"mored*ly\, adv.
With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered
manner.
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ill-humored
(gcide) | ill-humored \ill-humored\ ill-humoured \ill-humoured\adj.
ill-natured; having a sour, disagreeable, or surly
disposition. Opposite of good-natured.
Syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff.
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good-humored
(wn) | good-humored
adj 1: disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky
sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson [syn: amiable, {good-
humored}, good-humoured] |
good-humoredness
(wn) | good-humoredness
n 1: a cheerful willingness to be obliging [syn: {good-
temperedness}, good-humoredness, good-humouredness,
good-naturedness] |
ill-humored
(wn) | ill-humored
adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly,
gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured] |
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