to humor
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈhjuːmər/
- US
:
complacer
- To avoid any conflict, she decided to humor her colleagues by following their suggestions.
Now just follow me on this, Humour me, see if it works.
- Now just follow me on this, Humour me, see if it works.
- And as small as we are, now humor me with this.
- The king just humors her, let's her rant about that, you know, but but nobody does get their heads cut off.
- And if you could humor me, I was wondering if in the last two minutes you could read the words that he wrote describing this pale blue dot.
- Love may be humoring your slightly drunk friend who is going through a breakup and not complain or not complain too much about it.
- Because these have been devised to humor the remember I just spoke of it, the emotional part of our souls.
Examples
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But she had insisted that he look, and it was best to humor her.
Fiction book (2002) -
Rather than add to his turmoil, Eliza chose to humor him instead.
Fiction book (1994) -
So please humor me in this.
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Just humor him, though, because one day, all this will be his, you know?
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Would it be such a big deal to humor them for one year of your life?
Fiction book (1997) -
Still, no reason not to humor her a bit, poor Eddie.
Fiction book (1997) -
If I didn't humor her, I'd have a hundred pounds of trouble in my house.
Fiction book (1992) -
Why don't I humor the man in his fantasy and go along with him in his belief?
Fiction book (2001) -
If it was his uncle's last chance to catch a limit, Fenton was glad to humor him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Although I disbelieved his assertion of being a trained nurse, I decided to humor him.
Fiction book (2001)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.3
A clear jelly that fills the space between the lens and the back of the eye
- Specialized
1
6.6
A clear watery fluid between the eye's front and lens that keeps eye shape and feeds the cornea
- Archaic
A style of comedy that people see as middle-class or working-class and less formal
How Accommodating
Surface Forms
Etymology
Humor as a verb comes from the noun meaning 'mood'; to 'humor' someone is to go along with their wishes or mood to please them or keep the peace. That's why when you 'humor' someone you agree or act kindly even if you do not fully agree.