good humor

Sunny mental state

Good humor is a cheerful, amiable disposition—a readiness to be pleased and to take things lightly.

Someone in good humor is easy to be around, not irritable or sour: She was in good humor despite the delay.

The phrase often implies a temporary state rather than a permanent trait.

In British English, spelled good humour.

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cheer · gladness · glee · bonhomie · mirth · high spirits · merriment · jocundity · conviviality · belly laugh · hilarity · lightheartedness · light heart · ebullience · jesting · witticism · levity · elation

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Opposites
mood/temperament

good humorbad humor

Irritable, sour disposition

ill humor · bad temper · bad mood · foul mood · sullenness

social demeanor

good humorhostility

Antagonistic disposition toward others

unfriendliness · coldness · disagreeableness · aloofness · acrimony

Family

good, humor, humorous, good-humored, exhume, humorously, humored, exhumation, unhumorous

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