humoring
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈhjuːmərɪŋ/
- US
- Feaver was laughing in his humoring fashion, and Wunsch was growling in a low way that made his words difficult to discern.
Examples
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She showed her humoring by listening patiently to her friend's complaints about work.
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Love maybe humoring your slightly drunk friend who is going through a breakup and not complain or not complain too much about it.
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No matter how hard Romy tries, no amount of begging and humoring deters Helen from her cycle of distraction and activity.
Fiction book (1997) -
That's an honest if wrong view and is preferable to the humoring approach. 'Going along to get along' is the expression of a benign fatuity that serves no one.
Blog text (23) -
Immediately, Tommy and Steve are smiling at me directly and sympathetically, relieved to be able to believe that I am on a wifely errand of humoring.
Fiction book (1998) -
Humoring his child's desire to stay up late, the father let her watch one more episode.
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Her humoring of his extravagant ideas often led to fun adventures that they both enjoyed.
Synonyms
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6.0
A small pleasure you allow yourself, often without much self-control
9
4.1
Special care and attention given to someone to make them feel relaxed
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4.5
Allowing yourself to have something you want, often something pleasant but not needed
Antonyms
How Accommodating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word humoring comes from the old word humour, which first meant 'liquid' in the body and later came to mean a person's 'mood'. So to humor someone is to go along with their mood or wishes, which means to 'indulge' or please them.