humor
noun
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
humored
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past participleof humor.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof humor.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
humornouna comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
Example Sentences
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He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
If I was lucky, Dad humored me and would say, Davon, I’ll show you.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
I humored her harrumphs when my best friend and I waited in line for hours to see the second batch in the late 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
The Etheringtons mostly humored him, it seemed to Ishmael—for them he was a colorful island character, part of the charm of the place.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
