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Collocations for humour - noun

1. amusing quality/ability to find things funny

ADJECTIVE

wry
With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes.
ironic, tongue-in-cheek
self-deprecating
deadpan, dry
gentle, subtle
sly
irreverent
black, dark, gallows, grim
caustic, sardonic
slapstick, visual
unintentional
schoolboy (BrE)
His colleagues soon got fed up with his schoolboy humour.
lavatorial, toilet (both esp. BrE)
gross-out (informal, esp. AmE)
This movie takes crude gross-out humour to a new low.

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… OF HUMOUR/HUMOR

touch
Her speech was serious, but not without the occasional touch of humour.

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VERB + humour/humor

be full of, contain
The stories are full of humour.
use
The movie uses humour to make its points.
appreciate, see
The man who lost his shoes failed to see the humour of the situation.

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PHRASES

a brand of humour
a television sitcom with its own peculiar brand of humour
sense of humour
to have a dry/good/great/warped/weird/wicked sense of humour

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2. mood

ADJECTIVE

good
Her good humour was restored by the excellent meal.

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PHRASES

in (a) good humour
The remarks were made in good humour.
He was obviously in a good humour this evening.

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