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ill humor

ill hu·mor
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [il hyoo-mer or, often, yoo-]
    • /ɪl ˈhyu mər or, often, ˈyu-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [il hyoo-mer or, often, yoo-]
    • /ɪl ˈhyu mər or, often, ˈyu-/

Definitions of ill humor words

  • noun ill humor a disagreeable or surly mood. 1
  • noun ill humor a disagreeable, cross, or sullen mood or state of mind 0
  • noun ill humor bad temper. 0
  • noun ill humor irritability or surliness. 0

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Origin of ill humor

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Ill humor

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ill humor popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

ill humor usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ill humor

noun ill humor

  • annoyance — Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
  • acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
  • impatience — lack of patience.
  • rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
  • fury — unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.

Antonyms for ill humor

noun ill humor

  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
  • joy — a female given name.
  • good will — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
  • glee — a squint.

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