Humour Can Be
- Sarah Ind
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 28, 2025
A GSOH
Amiability
A good mood
Playfulness
Being funny
A nice nature
A good temper
A temperament
A turn of mind
Liking to laugh
Lightheartedness
Seeing the light side
A positive disposition
Being amusing or comic
A positive frame of mind
Bringing smiles to others
Making laughing a priority
A good mood or state of mind
A peculiarity of disposition
The weapon of unarmed people
A sign of psychological health
A tendency, mood, or inclination
The ability to find things funny
A universal core character strength
A sense of playfulness and lightness
Laughing with someone, not at someone
Making light of things in a positive way
General enjoyment in finding things funny
The ability to make others smile or laugh
A cathartic way to deal with personal trauma
An important lubricant to social interactions
A happy friendly character or attitude to life
The way in which we see that some things are funny
A desirable component to positive social interactions
A valuable method of coping with distressing situations
Finding things amusing, rather than being serious all the time
Making others feel good, to gain intimacy or to help buffer stress
Taking things lightly and laughing at ourselves and life situations
Making others comfortable in what could be unpleasant or stressful moments
A way of looking at and describing the world that brings laughter to others
Recognizing what is amusing in situations, and offering the lighter side to others
Approaching life playfully, making others laugh, and finding humor in difficult and stressful times
Having a composed and cheerful view on adversity that allows us to see its light side and thereby sustain a good mood
Injecting humor to lighten up a situation, at our own expense, or in reminder of a shared experience that others involved will find funny
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas a wild or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations