good-humored
good-humored adjective: happy, cheerful, amiable.
Adjective
good-humored (comparative better-humored or more good-humored, superlative best-humored or most good-humored)
- Happy, cheerful, amiable.
- Lady Feng was at the moment having a little goodhumoured raillery with Yüan Yang, and was taken so much off her guard, that she was quite startled out of her senses.1892–1893, Cao Xueqin, translated by H. Bencraft Joly, Hung Lou Mêng; or, The Dream of the Red Chamber; a Chinese Novel, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, →OCLC
Forms of good-humored
| comparative | better-humored |
|---|---|
| comparative | more good-humored |
| superlative | best-humored |
| superlative | most good-humored |
| alternative form | goodhumored |
| alternative form | goodhumoured |
| alternative form | good-humoured |
Words formed from good-humored
Questions about good-humored
- What does good-humored mean?
- Good-humored means happy, cheerful, amiable.
- What part of speech is good-humored?
- Good-humored is an adjective.
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