good-humoured

Easy to please

Good-humoured describes someone cheerful and easy-going, not easily irritated or offended.

A good-humoured person takes jokes well and maintains pleasant spirits: She accepted the teasing with good-humoured grace.

The spelling good-humored is standard in American English.

amiable

affable

Warm and approachable

gracious · pleasant · warmhearted · kindly · approachable · amicable · genial · benevolent · gentle · easygoing

jovial

mirthful

Full of merriment

playful · witty · convivial · rollicking · laughing · bantering · teasing · facetious · waggish · jesting

cheerful

sunny

Bright with daylight

chipper · radiant · bright · cheery · breezy · smiling · optimistic · positive · happy-go-lucky · sanguine

Opposites
temperament/mood

good-humouredill-humoured

Bad-tempered, easily annoyed

bad-tempered · ill-tempered · grumpy · irritable · grouchy

interpersonal manner

good-humouredunfriendly

Not welcoming or warm

hostile · disagreeable · unpleasant · mean-spirited · churlish

emotional state

good-humouredmiserable

Wretchedly unhappy, dejected

morose · sullen · glum · depressed · sulky

Family

good, goodness, humorous, humorist, good-humored, good-natured, humorously, humour, humorousness

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Known to kids · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G