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I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.
Edward Carpenter

Meaning of "good-humoured" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOOD-HUMOURED

good-humoured play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOOD-HUMOURED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Good-Humoured is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GOOD-HUMOURED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

good-humoured

Etiquette

Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group. The French word étiquette, literally signifying a tag or label, was used in a modern sense in English around 1750. From the 1500s through the early 1900s, children learned etiquette at school. Etiquette has changed and evolved over the years.

Definition of good-humoured in the English dictionary

The definition of good-humoured in the dictionary is being in or expressing a pleasant, tolerant, and kindly state of mind.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOOD-HUMOURED

good self
Good Shepherd
good sort
good turn
good-for-nothing
good-hearted
good-heartedness
good-humouredly
good-humouredness
good-looker
good-looking
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-naturedness
good-o
good-oh
good-sized
good-tempered
good-time
good-time girl

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOOD-HUMOURED

armoured
chocolate-coloured
coloured
contoured
discoloured
enamoured
featured
flavoured
flesh-coloured
honoured
laboured
light-coloured
multicoloured
pastel-coloured
rose-coloured
rust-coloured
self-coloured
time-honoured
unarmoured
uncoloured
unflavoured

Synonyms and antonyms of good-humoured in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GOOD-HUMOURED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «good-humoured» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of good-humoured

Translation of «good-humoured» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOOD-HUMOURED

Find out the translation of good-humoured to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of good-humoured from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «good-humoured» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好脾气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de buen humor
570 millions of speakers

English

good-humoured
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नेकदिल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حسن ملاطف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

добродушное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bem-humorada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোশমেজাজী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de bonne humeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gutmütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

機嫌の良い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기분 좋은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik-humored
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh dể dải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நல்ல மனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांगले वागले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uysal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di buonumore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobroduszny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

добродушне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bine dispus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευδιάθετη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goeie moed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lättsam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

godt humør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of good-humoured

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD-HUMOURED»

The term «good-humoured» is regularly used and occupies the 70.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD-HUMOURED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about good-humoured

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QUOTES WITH «GOOD-HUMOURED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word good-humoured.
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Edward Carpenter
I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOOD-HUMOURED»

Discover the use of good-humoured in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to good-humoured and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Letters of Yorick; or, A good-humoured remonstrance in ...
Rowley Lascelles. I ' "N **t 3>& *. LETTERS OF YORICK, OR A GOOD- HUMOURED.
Rowley Lascelles, 1817
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Hume's Epistemology in the Treatise: A Veritistic Interpretation
Accordingly, defeat by the Title Principle is not ruled out merely because the good-humoured disposition is trivial. On the interpretation of the Title Principle I am developing, the Principle is nominally an account of the defeasibly justifying ...
Frederick F. Schmitt, 2014
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ...
To begin then with the ladies: Whenever a lady feels any uneasiness at hearing the praises of another — Not good humoured. Whenever she is disgusted at not being thought the finest creature in the world — Not good humoured. Whenever ...
‎1818
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The Pathogenic Cyclopaedia: A Systematic Arrangement and ...
Very cheerful and good-humoured. Vivacious, lively humour. Very gay and often quite exuberantly so. Phosphorus. — Tenderness. Increased vivacity the first days. Very good-humoured, especially in the afternoon. Gay, good-humoured, she ...
Robert Ellis Dudgeon, 1850
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The Pathogenetic Cyclopaedia: Chapters 1-3.-v.2. Chapters 4-15
Very cheerful and good-humoured. Vivacious, lively humour. Very gay and often quite exuberantly so. Phosphorus. — Tenderness. Increased vivacity the first days. Very good-humoured, especially in the afternoon. Gay, good-humoured, she ...
Robert Ellis Dudgeon, 1850
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Why Do We Laugh
Such criticism is amusing and to some people is their favourite form of humour, but it cannot be said to be good-humoured. It is very typical of dramatic criticism of the present day which tears apart any new play and feels very grand in doing so.
J.A. Hadfield
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Recent Trends in Theoretical Psychology: Selected ...
Another example is the finding that good-humoured people pay selective attention to evaluatively positive information from the environment and store this information better in memory than evaluatively negative information, whereas badly ...
International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference, Henderikus J. Stam, 1993
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The life of Samuel Johnson: including a Journal of his tour ...
We meet with very few good- humoured men." I mentioned four of our friends, none of whom he would allow to be good-humoured. One was acid, another was muddy, and to others he had objections which have escaped me. Then shaking his ...
James Boswell, John Wilson Croker, John Wright, 1846
9
Readymade CVs: Sample CVs for Every Type of Job
Bilingual postgraduate - hardworking, self-motivated and responsible, with an articulate and outgoing personality. Enjoys meeting new challenges and seeing them through to completion, while remaining confident and good-humoured under ...
Lynn Williams, 2004
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The Town and Country Magazine, Or Universal Repository of ...
Wrtanever she finds fault with the dross of an acquaintance mare elegant than her own— not good humoured. Whenever she hidl, bestows the appellation of /> «.;□•< or odiaiu upon another, for talking with a puppy (he would1 wish to dangle  ...
‎1782

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOOD-HUMOURED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term good-humoured is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ryan Reynolds about "Deadpool" in the X-men Universe and …
A good-humoured Ryan Reynolds let it to not take, to let go of ironic allusions to his animated, green suit as “Green Lantern”. Even the criticism ... «New Day Post, Jul 15»
2
Proms: Katie Derham rules over a superb summer of classical musical
Perhaps some of the dourer critics struggle to see past the old-fashioned high spirits of the Proms' riotously good-humoured final evening. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Mouth of the Tyne Festival: Jack Savoretti wows Whitley Bay …
... couldn't help shouting out at him in their excitement with good-humoured aplomb, and even engage in entertaining exchanges with some. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
4
Sharif was star till end, says maker of last film
Paul Myler, co-producer of The Secret Scripture, said the crew was “very gentle” with Sharif, but the actor remained strong and good-humoured. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
5
John McPhee: a master of non-fiction
He is wilderness-adept, content to keep silent, physically tough, quickened by nature, a passionate fisherman, uncomplaining, good-humoured, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Saving our city centres, one local market at a time
A couple in their late fifties, their London accents sharp enough to cut through a Lancastrian fog, are on the receiving end of a good-humoured ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Adelaide to host day-night Test, Australia Day T20
... grounds with good-humoured noise and colour are able to maintain their passion for cricket as part of their adopted Australian lifestyles. «Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Gateshead FC get ready to run in 'great test' against Newcastle United
It has been billed by his good-humoured players as an exercise in disguised running, but Malcolm Crosby insists tonight's friendly against ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
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India to tour Australia in January 2016 for 5 ODIs, 3 T20Is
... other overseas-born fans who packed Australia's grounds with good-humoured noise and colour are able to maintain their passion for cricket ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Treat the taxpayers as the key stakeholder in saving Richmond's …
Leader Barry Konkin of the development applications department was attentive, action-oriented and good-humoured while keeping just ... «Richmond Review, Jul 15»

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