What does good-humoured mean?

good-humoured means "disposed to please".

How many syllables are in good-humoured?

good-humoured has 3 syllables: good--humou-red. The stress falls on "good-".

What is another word for good-humoured?

Close synonyms include amiable, good-humored. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is good-humoured a common word?

good-humoured is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

good-humoured — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
disposed to please
“an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin”
Synonymsamiable good-humored
Similargood-natured

Questions about good-humoured

What does good-humoured mean?: good-humoured means "disposed to please".
How many syllables are in good-humoured?: good-humoured has 3 syllables: good--humou-red. The stress falls on "good-".
What is another word for good-humoured?: Close synonyms include amiable, good-humored. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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